Office 2010 Beta Leaks Onto Torrent Sites

[cruiseoveride]

OpenOffice has come a long way. Its actually usable now.

 

[NoCaDrummer]

[citation]Open Office =)works well for students if all you need is a word processor and power point. anyone know which FREE program to use if you want to edit pdf files? [/citation]
OpenOffice has a plug-in specifically for PDFs. It's not perfect, but for many instances, it works well enough to do small corrections. If you create the original in OpenOffice, you can export it as a PDF with a single click.
OpenOffice also has import filters for Office 2007 which seem to work very well - far better than MS Office 2007's filters for importing ODFs. Considering that the ODF format is better documented and is truly OPEN (vs. Microsoft's proprietary "extensions") it's kind of surprising.

 

[micky_lund]

what is open office, and where can i download it? does it run the same as office 07, but without MS's tag?

 

[tmike]

I am always amused by the little fanbois saying "i don't need [W7 or Office 2010 or Whatever] cos [XP or Office 97 or Whatever] works just fine for me, and Open Office works even better and is free".

One is reminded of an old man sitting on his front porch in shorts and sandals with black socks, yelling at the neighborhood kids... "Get off my lawn ya heathens... and turn down that racket you call music. That ain't music, it's noise. And OpenOffice is all anybody needs. Shit, i spilled Mt. Dew on my [insert game console name here]. Bah. *cough*. Where's my meth pipe? Did you little bastards take my pipe?. MOM! THOSE DAMN KIDS TOOK MY PIPE! GO GET ME ANOTHER PIPE, BITCH! Linux R00lz!"

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]tmike[/nom]I am always amused by the little fanbois saying "i don't need [W7 or Office 2010 or Whatever] cos [XP or Office 97 or Whatever] works just fine for me, and Open Office works even better and is free".[/citation]
You don't understand the term fanboy do you? By your logic, anyone who prefers Win 7 or Office 2010 is a fanboy. Fanboyism != preferences.

 

[doc70]

[citation][nom]micky_lund[/nom]what is open office, and where can i download it? does it run the same as office 07, but without MS's tag?[/citation]
Just do a quick search for OpenOffice and you'll find it in the first three results...
It's not the same as MS Office, but it works for a lot of people and it's getting better with every release. I'm using it, but again, I am not a heavy office software user and I could not tell you if it will work for you or not; just give it a try, though, keep an open mind.

That being said, the interest aroused by this leaked beta is telling enough of a story about how many people out there is finding this MS program good and useful. I guess it's another point scored by MS, besides Win7.

 

[edilee]

Reading these responses has amused me. It's almost like saying Firefox is a better faster browser when it is not but so many are convincing themselves it is because it is not made by MS.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]edilee[/nom]Reading these responses has amused me. It's almost like saying Firefox is a better faster browser when it is not but so many are convincing themselves it is because it is not made by MS.[/citation]
Well in many cases it's "better" because of all the free plugins. But that's based on user preferences, so it's not an objective "better." However, objective data does suggest it is a higher performing browser, and unlike Internet Explorer, it doesn't fall flat on its face when conforming to web standards.

 

[p05esto]

I would pay extra if they removed the "ribbon", I hate that stupid thing beyond words can describe. Every time I load an office app I curse a little and pray MS goes back to classic. I can't find anything with the ribbon, just horrible.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]duckmanx88[/nom]works well for students if all you need is a word processor and power point. anyone know which FREE program to use if you want to edit pdf files?[/citation]
.pdf has always been highly protected and proprietary so Adobe can sell you Acrobat for lots of $$. The reader has always been free.

 

[Computer_Lots]

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