[Tfug] OpenOffice annoyances

[Claude Rubinson]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:24:02AM +0000, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> If you just want to read .doc files people are sending to you I
> would strongly encourage to use antiword program.

No, as I said, I'm collaborating with people using MS Word (i.e.,
writing, editing, and revising).  And, in this case, I don't care
about whether the app is lightweight or not. (Frankly, this is
something that I rarely care about anymore.  My ThinkPad, which is
hardly state-of-the-art, is plenty powerful for pretty much anything
that I throw at it.)  Rather, I care about getting the job
done--ideally without them having to care that I'm not using Word.

My experience in the past has been that OOo has the best compatibility
with Word.  And, in this case, it's doing the job just fine: I'm
wondering if I can fix some of the interface issues.

Claude