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For the vast majority of users, it works fine.
For the vast majority of users, it works fine. There are occasional features that it doesn't do so well at, but it has all of the standard word processing features that most people need.

If you need to use some specialized feature most people don't normally use, Word might work better. But if all you're doing is basic word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, OpenOffice works great. In college, my instructors couldn't tell that I was using it.

I did recently get Office 2007 with an educational discount, though.
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For the vast majority of users, it works fine.  CobraA1 | 10/10/08
And, if people had been using OpenOffice for years and were presented with  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
You can drop that line of malarky now, DonnieBoy  GuidingLight | 10/10/08
Just the facts. As more the web improves, and more people use it every day,  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
No wonder OO sucks. You can only print on an 8.5 x 11 paper?  transposeIT | 10/10/08
It is just that us gringos use 8.5x11 for almost everything. Yes, in Europe  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
And, funny that one of the important applications people site is from LAST  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Do you have any idea what you're talking about?  Pliny the Elder | 10/10/08
Do you have any idea what you're talking about?  rhogaboom | 10/15/08
Legal documents will be the last to go, but that is a small fraction of all  DonnieBoy | 10/11/08
Actually . . .  JLHenry | 10/11/08
Thank you, yes, we already DO have many electronic documents that are  DonnieBoy | 10/11/08
You'd be surprised  Mahegan | 10/11/08
The switch to ALL electronic documents will not be instantaneous. People DO  DonnieBoy | 10/11/08
And that number is going down...  zenwalker | 10/12/08
you do not seem conversant with  bernalillo | 10/13/08
DonnieBoy, are you in fact Larry Page or Sergey Brin?  transposeIT | 10/10/08
Right, I am Larry Page, but we did not have anything to do with OpenOffice  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Which company...he's got dedicated knee pads...nt  USTechHead | 10/13/08
Yup, that's why office suites will remain the norm.  CobraA1 | 10/14/08
And, talking about eliminating printing, there is a new article on ZDNet  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
We use viewers for a lot of people, and sometimes will use oo.org....  xuniL_z | 10/12/08
Yawn....  patibulo | 10/10/08
Yes! OO is easily good enough  iTeaBoy | 10/10/08
A Testimonial in Search of a Chatauqua  DannyO_0x98 | 10/10/08
Luckily you avoided docx?  LiquidLearner | 10/10/08
Even with xml, if the file gets hosed, you will not be able to read it.  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
If it's truely "hosed" , oo.org is not going to help either.  xuniL_z | 10/12/08
A testimonial to shadow copying the boss's documents.  xuniL_z | 10/12/08
Good enough was unacceptable. At least when it came to...  ye | 10/10/08
can't compare  patibulo | 10/10/08
Yes I can. Good enough wasn't acceptable when it came to...  ye | 10/10/08
You are correct.  storm14k | 10/10/08
Glad you agree.  ye | 10/10/08
I didn't agree to all of it.  storm14k | 10/10/08
A "work in progress" is greater than good enough Ye?  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Maybe that's because...  iTeaBoy | 10/10/08
Maybe that's because...  ye | 10/10/08
Is this the Monty Python 'Argument Sketch' blog??  iTeaBoy | 10/10/08
LOL! That's a good one.  ye | 10/10/08
For each and every force there's an equal and opposite force.  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Uhh Frothy I think you mean OSS...  CrashPad | 10/12/08
re:Crashpad...now,now 2 finger frothy knows all - shuush...nt  USTechHead | 10/13/08
Off-topic  AndyCee | 10/10/08
It's right on topic.  ye | 10/10/08
It's not paranoia!  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Here's what I think he's asking...  MGP2 | 10/10/08
Ah!  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Needle Jumps the Groove  DannyO_0x98 | 10/10/08
For a lot of people  LiquidLearner | 10/10/08
I Totally Agree with you  Shimmey | 10/10/08
apples and oranges comparison  deaf_e_kate | 10/10/08
Apple's to apple's comparison.  ye | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
The distinction is irrelevant.  ye | 10/10/08
Ye, so much bullsiht, the MS PR department must have trained you  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
The false premise is from those who are attempting to spin...  ye | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
yeah,.... right......  deaf_e_kate | 10/10/08
I don't need to dream. I have reality on my side.  ye | 10/10/08
Well, at least you can spell reality, but that's about it  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Actually...  CrashPad | 10/12/08
Working for the bonus from Steve I see...  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Cost is irrelevent.  ye | 10/10/08
Good enough for......?  storm14k | 10/10/08
Windows is not relevant here.  ye | 10/10/08
But a "work in progress" is acceptable? Users say not Ye  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
You can apply this to anything.  storm14k | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Cost is irrelevant. No matter how much you'd like to think otherwise.  ye | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
So much for free-market economics...  jasonp@... | 10/10/08
Wheaties urination  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/10/08
The subject at hand is "Good enough" and whether it is...  ye | 10/10/08
OSS and Mac users ditched "not good enough" for "much more than adequate"  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Dude, talk about spin  Pliny the Elder | 10/10/08
Mac users closed themselves in.  CrashPad | 10/12/08
Good enough was unacceptable, but a work-in-progress is fine.  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
You do know the difference between an OS and an office suite, right?  B.O.F.H. | 10/10/08
Ye, Good enough was never unacceptable  nilotpal_c | 10/11/08
Don't like it. I agree with Ye.  kouzen | 10/13/08
Evaluated by a major Corporation  nucrash | 10/10/08
Probably not in the news  j.m.galvin | 10/10/08
They may not announce it, but, they can not hide it either, given they will  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Information would be relayed in Quarterly reports  Spats30 | 10/10/08
Depends  nucrash | 10/10/08
Volume licensing  LiquidLearner | 10/10/08
Comparing Office 2000 to OO is a no brainer  LiquidLearner | 10/10/08
The office suite is NOT the center of peoples work day anymore. AND, Open  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
While I agree with part of what you say...  jasonp@... | 10/10/08
Only in Microsoft's view of the world do we sit huddled in front , of  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
A lot of accountants use Excel  markbn | 10/10/08
Hey, I am sure there ARE stupid accountants out, no argument here.  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
re:Donald - and IT...nt  USTechHead | 10/13/08
I have seen a lot of people over use spreadsheets  B.O.F.H. | 10/10/08
Very good points, for what you spend on MS Office, you can buy the right  DonnieBoy | 10/11/08
Um dude - get with the times. Excel is the  USTechHead | 10/13/08
Umm not sure where you work, but our 1500  USTechHead | 10/13/08
If my job relied on it  AndyCee | 10/10/08
We're using it  Chad_z | 10/10/08
Mail merge and labels is a strong point...  bjbrock | 10/10/08
Yes, that is a common thread. People that have years using MS Office tend  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
and be stuck on crappy Windows to run it too  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Keep telling yourself...  LiquidLearner | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  juantar | 10/10/08
I think the mail merge in OpenOffice works quite well, it is just different  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
8 1/2 by 11; 8.5 by 11; 8 1/2x11...............  sjbinaz | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  JT82 | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  Loverock Davidson | 10/10/08
Care to elaborate?  JT82 | 10/10/08
Nope (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 10/10/08
OO isn't good enough as it doesn't say Microsoft on the box right?  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Are the secretaries good enough...  Anton Philidor | 10/10/08
Yes, people that have years with MS Office will have a little trouble  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
On "8.5x11 paper"....  MGP2 | 10/10/08
No difference at all really. They BOTH are bloated with lots of baroque  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Workarounds...interesting...  storm14k | 10/10/08
Whichever came first.  Anton Philidor | 10/10/08
workaround  daengbo | 10/13/08
Anyone thinking MS Office is a status symbol is laughably sad  fr0thy2 | 10/10/08
Anything that differentiates people...  Anton Philidor | 10/10/08
RE: Status symbol  AndyCee | 10/10/08
One big gaping hole  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/10/08
OO is good enough for casual use.  Sleeper Service | 10/10/08
No, OpenOffice is mainly different, and, in any case, we are moving away  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Prove it with actual facts  aep528 | 10/10/08
Maybe you have not heard of these new technologies called "email", and  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
Paper is still more efficient in a number of scenarios.  xuniL_z | 10/12/08
DonnieBoy...  CrashPad | 10/12/08
AMEN - And Thank you - but everyone is  USTechHead | 10/13/08
I wouldn't know...  Sleeper Service | 10/13/08
LOL - so warped...nt  USTechHead | 10/13/08
Perfect.  storm14k | 10/10/08
Would OO Exist if MS Office didn't?  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
Well, without MS Office, OpenOffice would be very different and probably a  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
And MS Office copied Wordperfect  iTeaBoy | 10/10/08
He won't discuss that however...(nt)  storm14k | 10/10/08
Yeah, copied the GUI. Pffttt....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/11/08
Ready for a history lesson?  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Propaganda  Anton Philidor | 10/10/08
Interesting...  storm14k | 10/10/08
If Sun had stated...  Anton Philidor | 10/10/08
Remember M$  Alan Smithie | 10/10/08
Old news.  CrashPad | 10/13/08
Anton you pulling stinky's out your hiney again!  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Anton you pulling stinky's out your hiney again!  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
So you agree with me then!  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
No I do not..  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
Yes you do! Admit it!  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
So then, lay it out for me...  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
I stand corrected...  Linux User 147560 | 10/11/08
You didn't need to admit defeat, because...  daengbo | 10/13/08
It was a poor copy of the Oaks Word Processor  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/11/08
And so...  nucrash | 10/10/08
Incorrect  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
*confused*  Kaiwai | 10/10/08
LinuxUser seems to agree with me.  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
So now you are spreading lies  Linux User 147560 | 10/10/08
I do use Open Source software.  mikefarinha | 10/10/08
Now OO.org has it's next enhancement project request  Spats30 | 10/10/08
It is probably just as simple to do mail merge with OpenOffice, just  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
dictionary  sjbinaz | 10/13/08
Mail Merge  andycher | 10/10/08
And, that is the myth. OpenOffice does mail merge different the MS Office,  DonnieBoy | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  Tsu Dho Nimh | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  kelownabc@... | 10/10/08
This is a Windows problem  daengbo | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  TechTeach_z | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  wvaneck | 10/10/08
It wasn't for me  Dan the Digital Dog | 10/10/08
Is OpenOffice good enough? NO cause it stinks...  transposeIT | 10/10/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  wvaneck | 10/10/08
OpenOffice isn't ready for prime time  JDDreistadt | 10/10/08
Did it again Chris ...  MisterMiester | 10/11/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  josephrot@... | 10/11/08
CSV files  trenchsol | 10/11/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  jfreedle2@... | 10/11/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  trenchsol | 10/11/08
In almost all cases, yes  John L. Ries | 10/11/08
3.0 version makes it ....  MisterMiester | 10/11/08
Only if you want to know how they did it in the 20th century  tonymcs@... | 10/12/08
You use Office 2007 and you DARE to call OpenOffice ?slow?!?!?  Joel R | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  anonymous_dan | 10/12/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  anonymous_dan | 10/12/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  anonymous_dan | 10/12/08
Is OpenOffice good enough?  anonymous_dan | 10/12/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  lyn5289@... | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  djsimon@... | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  grsplane | 10/13/08
Snoozefest  tBuggR | 10/13/08
Yup,  bernalillo | 10/13/08
Cost per value ratio  Dr_Zinj | 10/13/08
XForms!  Joel R | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  rbmorrison | 10/13/08
Hell, yes it's free, bonehead!  mikifinaz1@... | 10/13/08
Sooooooo close!  Narg | 10/13/08
Actually - Yeah, for 90% of the People Out There  drprod@... | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  richdave | 10/13/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  rhogaboom | 10/15/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  derwolf | 10/16/08
RE: Is OpenOffice good enough?  mjornir | 10/19/08

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