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Open Office

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:39 am
by norb
Has anyone tried using the open office spreadsheet program to mod our csv files?

Just wondering because it's free and cross platform and is bound to be more convienient to use than Excel.

Re:Open Office

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:16 pm
by estabu2
I used it, but I found excel to be easier, at least for the csv files. There are a few settings that need to be tweaked for compatibility issues, but I used it for 2 years and it worked pretty good.

Re:Open Office

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:41 pm
by Hancock the Superb
what is open office?

Re:Open Office

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:07 pm
by norb
It's a free open source office suite like MS office. It can open ms office files. It also runs on multiple OS's

Re:Open Office

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:07 am
by Hancock the Superb
I've heard of that. There are lots of bugs, I believe, if my source is correct.

Re:Open Office

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:07 am
by 69th NYSV
Actually it's pretty mature now. B)

In fact it's mature enough that the Pennsauken NJ Board of Education almost switched to it for all it's schools. The only thing that stopped it was during a small beta test some of the teacher's couldn't grasp the concept that they just couldn't hit "save" and have it be compatible in M$ Word. You have to do "save as" and set the file extension each time for formats other then Open Office. This caused some serious panic over lesson plans. :ohmy:

Re:Open Office

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:35 am
by jri
I use it all the time. It is the only word processor we use. Many companies around the world use it. You should check their web site and see if it is useful for you.

Re:Open Office

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:45 pm
by Hancock the Superb
website url?

Re:Open Office

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:15 pm
by 69th NYSV
Your a bright lad, think about how you might be able to find it...;)

Kids today....:laugh: :cheer:

Re:Open Office

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:59 pm
by estabu2
69th NYSV wrote:
Your a bright lad, think about how you might be able to find it...;)

Kids today....:laugh: :cheer:
Hey, it is hard to type those 10 letters and hit the google button.:laugh: :laugh: