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List:       openoffice-discuss
Subject:    Writer is much more stable than Word (was Help with MS Office rebutal)
From:       Mark Ellse <mark.ellse () physics ! org>
Date:       2004-03-29 9:02:02
Message-ID: 4067E60A.2080605 () physics ! org
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Robert Derman wrote:

>Why
>when M$ Word is also paid for don't I use it any more?  When I was writing
>Computer Textbook (viewable as a PDF on www.dermancomputer.com  if you are
>interested) Word crashed incessantly and the photos kept drifting out of
>position.  Writer is vastly more stable on large and complex, (read that as
>many illustrations) documents.  
>
Totally agree. And this is the big plus of Writer. You can use it as a 
DTP package, which you cannot do with Word. I suspect that this is 
deliberate because MS want to sell Publisher for complicated layouts.

>    I think that OOo is already as good a package as M$ Office on balance.
>It certainly is much better in many of the basics like stability, freedom
>from viruses, real, (not advertised) quality of support, and adaptability to
>special applications, due to being open source.  If many of the minor
>shortcomings can be fixed, it should be obvious to anyone who actually tries
>the package that it is far superior to M$ Office.
>  
>

In some areas this is already true. Let's look foward to it being true 
in all areas.

Mark Ellse


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