Ability Office -v- Open Office

[armpit surfer]

Does anyone have experience of using both AbilityOffice and OpenOffice? How
do they compare?

My PC came with Ability (v. 3.0.028) but it seems a little clunky - I'm not
moaning, but if OpenOffice is better I may as well download that, since it's
free!

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

They are junk. Purchase a real and secure Office Suite:

What's in the Office Editions?
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

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Microsoft MVP
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| Does anyone have experience of using both AbilityOffice and OpenOffice? How
| do they compare?
|
| My PC came with Ability (v. 3.0.028) but it seems a little clunky - I'm not
| moaning, but if OpenOffice is better I may as well download that, since it's
| free!
|
| Thanks

 

[*ProteanThread*]

actaully OpenOffice is pretty good.

 

[Tom]

They are junk. Purchase a real and secure Office Suite:

Of course this is the opinion of an MS zealot! MS can actually make products
that have screwed the systems of home users and even corporate users because
of faulty code that virus writers hack, and make office suites (especially
Outlook) susceptible to the most brutal attacks. Did they ever fix Outloook
and OE from crashing by others sending a very basic HTML code that would
cause them to crash and close down?

Have you ever seen this in Open Office? Though I prefer MS Office, only
because I like the functionality, I would switch to another in a second (if
a newer version came out that is), if the performance is the same or better.
You make these claims not out of any real experience using other brands, but
simply out simply being a good Micro-soldier. Even Ken Blake, said he
prefers using WordPerfect over MS Word, and feels it is better. I would take
his abilities to discuss using operating systems and office suites over
yours, simply because he uses real objectivity rather than corporate bias!

For the typical home user, who probably would not be using Excel, and
PowerPoint, you offer them a very real expense of wasting money on something
they may never use, so Open Office would work pretty well for decent word
processing. Even Word Perfect is comparable if not as good for much less
than MS Word.

 

[armpit surfer]

They are junk. Purchase a real and secure Office Suite:

What's in the Office Editions?
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Does anyone have experience of using both AbilityOffice and OpenOffice? How
| do they compare?
|
| My PC came with Ability (v. 3.0.028) but it seems a little clunky - I'm not
| moaning, but if OpenOffice is better I may as well download that, since it's
| free!
|
| Thanks

Hmm, it's hardly worth paying for a full MS Office suite just for typing a
couple of letters and keeping ahead of my broadband bills; if I was going to
pay for a suite it'd be Works; I was just wondering if OpenOffice fitted the
bill too.

 

[Kenny S]

you can try the 602 pc suite

http://www.computerboom.net/download/office.html

602 PC SUITE (free)
The freeware version is limited to 3 users
An Alternative to MS Office compatible with Word/Excel files! The suite is
composed of four full-featured applications: a word processor, spreadsheet,
graphics editor and digital photo organizer.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
_____________
Kenny S
http://www.computerboom.net
FREE programs and MORE!

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[armpit surfer]

you can try the 602 pc suite

http://www.computerboom.net/download/office.html

602 PC SUITE (free)
The freeware version is limited to 3 users
An Alternative to MS Office compatible with Word/Excel files! The suite is
composed of four full-featured applications: a word processor, spreadsheet,
graphics editor and digital photo organizer.

--

Hope this helps. Let us know.
_____________
Kenny S
http://www.computerboom.net
FREE programs and MORE!

Thanks Kenny; I'll check that out too

 

[hermes]

How to become an MVP just like Carey:

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Hmm, it's hardly worth paying for a full MS Office suite just for typing a
couple of letters and keeping ahead of my broadband bills; if I was going to
pay for a suite it'd be Works; I was just wondering if OpenOffice fitted the
bill too.

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