Baculus Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 One of my clients has an issue with some MS Excel spreadsheets becoming corrupt and losing all formatting after the .xls is saved to a remote drive or device. It isn't a version legacy issue, and I have checked various settings, disabled macros, file sharing, etc. After the file is saved and reopened, the data is suddenly "corrupt," according to MS Excel. Well, lo and behold, if you open the same "corrupt" file in OpenOffice's "Calc," which is basically MS Excel but in OpenOffice (a free alternative to MS Office), the data is fine and displays correctly. I had the customer install OpenOffice, along with some managers, and they are happy quite happy with the results. Open source and their communities are fantastic. :-) www.openoffice.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Thanks for that. I saved the link and I'm hoping I can get rid of my bootleg copy of office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 if u want use google docs and their verison of excel.. its amazing.. me and a friend were both at our respectative houses and worked on a document realtime and saw what each of us did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I've been a long time OpenOffice user (dating back to v1.0), and have long forgotten that M$Office even existed. The best part of all: It's FREE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalDragon Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 OpenOffice works with Microsoft files? I installed the program assuming I'd try it at some point but I never got around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Yes. OpenOffice can open, edit and re-save M$Office files, but M$Office can't do the same with OpenOffice files. For anyone considering making the change to OpenOffice, here's a good article. Word to Writer ... the average computer user is unlikely to require anything from a word processor that OpenOffice Writer cannot provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Guy. Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Thank you, I really needed to find a free and good alternative to Word, and this is it. I don't have to shell out $100 for office now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 ITG, check out the link on my edited post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Guy. Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 SA, thanks for the link. Its a nice way for me start learing Open Office. I can now take full advantage. Appreciate it man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I use open office, I have had no problems with it except its equivalent spreadsheet isn't as convenient to use as Excel's. This is probably because I don't know how to use the open office spreadsheet very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I've only used OpenOffice on my linux/unix boxes. Never really thought about giving it a whirl on my Windows PC's since my company pays for home licenses as well. However, not a bad idea. Might give it a shot. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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