OpenOffice.org 2 Vs Star Office 8 : Please Help Me Decide

cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

I heard about Openoffice in an article titled Massive Linux Handout in French Schools. I was thrilled, I checked out the site and found it interesting.
OpenOffice 2 is almost ready and Star Office 8 is here.
Since Star Office has the same code as OpenOffice I'm in a dilemma
I read reviews saying Star Office is way better because it has all these additional features like templates, clip art, better dictionary/thesaurus etc.
I'm willing to spend the 50 bucks.
Please Help Me Decide which I should go for. Rolling Eyes

9point9 · Moderator Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3875 Location: UK

OpenOffice.org all of the way. Will you really need the improved features in Star Office? Templates and clipart can be downloaded for free from somewhere like ooextras.org so the fact that they come with Star Office can be ignored. The dictionary and thesaurus in OOo I find acceptable and you could always enter your own words in to the dictionary if you wish.
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AndrewZ · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:38 am Post subject:

What are you going to use it for?

cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

I use it for presentation purposes (Impress), I use Word Processor (Writer) more than anything else. Calc will also be one of my primary uses.
I need Microsoft Compatability and its look and feel over anything else.

And 9point9 ooextras.org is unavailable, I think. http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/ this seems good.

And who voted that I should for MS Office in the poll

AndrewZ · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:28 am Post subject:

AFAIK, filter compatability and UI are the same between OOo and SO. (StarOffice has additional filters and a macro converter.)

Calc<-->Excel compatability is always very good (other than macros, of course). You could even use Gnumeric.

cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

what about impress and writer
i heard impress now has the ms powerpoint look and feel.
do impress and writer convert files correctly to ms formats.
and is their a difference between ooo and so when it comes to converting

9point9 · Moderator Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3875 Location: UK

AndrewZ

George Politis · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject:

I generally find the compatibility between M$ Office and OOo dodgy. Formatting and appearance almost always come out wrong when I import a Word or PowerPoint document into OOo. Exporting from OOo to M$ Office works better so long as I stick to basic features.

cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

what kind of basic features do you mean
is corel compatible enough with ms Question

Thulemanden · General User Joined: 10 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

As OpO will cost you nothing, you should of course try out if it serves your purpose. Does it not, then you have ost nothing.

Kaaredyret · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:

cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

i'm a student how do i download star office for free
ans thanks i so star office is better in converting stuff to and from ms office

Kaaredyret · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject:

Good!

First you have to create a MY SUN account at www.sun.com.

Then go to this URL:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/solutions/staroffice.html#Education

Find this this sentence, and click on the link (you need to be logged in):

The quickest way for education institutional customers to download StarOffice and StarSuite for free.

Let me know if it worked for you.
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cricketrocks · General User Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

thanks man it worked so i will be able to keep star office for free now
and whose look and feel is similar to ms office
is it openoffice or is it star office

pardon my english in previous posts i was typing pretty past