Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread Bruce Pierson
I have been using Open Office for about 5 years now. Yes, it has it's quirks, but it is still *free *and is an open source system, try finding that from one of the big software houses. The trend there is moving to cloud based applications that you rent. When one works for a non-profit entity, on

Re: Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread Julian Thomas
On 25 Jun 2014, at 07:26, Bruce Pierson wrote: > I > have used it both in Windows (XP and 7) and on the Mac. It does tend to be > quirky under OSX Mavericks but I have, in most cases, found the solutions > in this group. I totally agree - I’ve used it on XP and also on OS/2 (eCS) where anythin

Re: Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread Lisa Towner
Question: I am new to Maverick and this Open Office was suggested to me by a woman for whom I will be doing volunteer work. Is this a forum application or a place to work on a document for that entity privately as well. I am a bit confused and I do not think she was knowledgable as well. I read

Re: Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread James Knott
This is a mail list, where users discuss using OpenOffice, though sometimes it can go off topic On 06/25/2014 01:28 PM, Lisa Towner wrote: > Question: I am new to Maverick and this Open Office was suggested to me by a > woman for whom I will be doing volunteer work. Is this a forum application or

Re: Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread Julian Thomas
On 25 Jun 2014, at 13:28, Lisa Towner wrote: > Question: I am new to Maverick and this Open Office was suggested to me by a > woman for whom I will be doing volunteer work. Is this a forum application or > a place to work on a document for that entity privately as well. I am a bit > confused