[Still Thinking]

If you employ a power user you are paying a six figure salary, the cost of MS Office becomes inconsequential compared to its value.

True. I tried the latest version of OO, 3 point something and while it is good, I still rate it at about 90% the quality of Office (which I think has been in decline since Office 97). There were several things missing in Writer and Calc that I use almost daily in Word and Excel. Try searching for tabs in Writer, for instance. I've been doing that since Word for Dogs, I think. Certainly far back into the Windows days.

Now it could be that I'm just wierd, and OO is fine for what 98% of people use Word and Excel for, but for my tasks, it ain't there yet. Oh, yeah, I also hate how the recently edited file list is common between all the OO apps.

[ShadowAce]

Try searching for tabs in Writer, for instance.

It can be done, though it may not be as simple, or intuitive, as people would like.

To find a tab in Writer, search for "\x0009" without the quotes.