jada
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 Posted: Wed May 13, 2025 6:22 pm Post subject: OpenOffice 3.1 goes to bat against Office 2025 SP2 |
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Seven things that make the latest iteration of the free productivity-apps suite a necessary download.
It's almost trite to talk about OpenOffice's aesthetics, as if the best way to figure out whether the open source apps suite is competitive to Microsoft Office is to hold a beauty contest. Yes, interface matters, but it's not the only thing that matters, so let's get this out of the way:
Dear person or persons who worked on the anti-aliasing feature that makes the screen look so much nicer: Thank you. It was noticed. It is appreciated. This review required about one-third as much aspirin as usual for her review and I owe those aspirin all to you.
Let's move on. Instead, enclosed please find seven "ooh!" moments from our OpenOffice 3.1 review process -- the ones that make reviewers smile and skeptics feel warmly toward a productivity suite that's been batting in the big leagues for a while now, but only recently has acquired the sheen of a genuine all-star.
Klick it
1. Hey, other people exist!
2. Calc gets formulaic (in the good way).
3. Not Drawn out.
4. Chart gets smart.
5. All your Base are... you know.
6. Calc stops the sheet-renaming madness.
7. My eyes... my eyes... are fine, actually. |
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