[upchuck]

Why go through all this when Open Office and Libre Office are available for free?

I’m an old MS Office freak, been using it for years. Got really pissed at the “ribbon” interface. Went back to Office 2003, the last release before the ribbon.

Last fall I tried Libre Office and like it real well. There are some inconsistencies with Office but easy to get around.

Haven’t tried Open Office but since Libre Office is an offshoot of Open Office I imagine the dissimilarities are few.

[dayglored]

> Why go through all this when Open Office and Libre Office are available for free?

I use LibreOffice on my Linux boxes, and am quite happy overall, despite the relatively minor incompatibilities with true MS-Office.