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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"SO is a commercial-grade office suite"
Pros: Open XML format (it's a .zip file) & PDF export; Excel & Word compatibility; UI is more configurable than MS Office; Nice ODBC data browser and form-builder interface; good performance after initial load
Cons: Some complex MS Word docs (with lots of form elements) won't import well; ODBC (database) form builder needs some work - a bit buggy - lookups don't insert a seperate value & crashes here and there; considerably slower to load program initially than M
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4.0 stars
"OpenOffice.org is the same thing and is FREE"
Pros: MS Office compatible, low price, multiple OS Support, Huge feature list
Cons: None
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4.0 stars
"StarOffice is better than Microsoft Office"
Pros: StarOffice 7 has definitely stepped up to the plate in greatness compared to its predecessors. Much improved compatibility with .doc, .xls, and .ppt files. It's UI performance has improved as well. Being an owner of MS Office, I can say that SO 7 is de
Cons: It's good to see it on Windows, Linux, and Solaris, but I think the addition of a Mac version would make this office suite an even more complete solution for a diverse computing world.
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5.0 stars
"Schools will be gladd in using this applications package."
Pros: XML file formating, and compressed, so small file size. Price is really down to earth. Poor countries will enjoy this.
Cons: Nothing found so far.
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