[Uni-Poster]

Recently downloaded this program as a free replacement of Office 2000. So far the program has worked well. Opens Word and Excel documents perfectly and even saves them back to those programs. A fine, free alternative to the pricey MS programs for many uses.

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[naltrexone]

I downloaded it recently and am still getting used to it. It's a lot like MS Office, which is good and bad. It'll probably be what I end up using for home use.

I guess what I'm really looking for is a word processor with the editing power of vi, the flexibility and precision of (La)TeX and 100% MS Word compatibility (both import and export). But given that temperatures in Hell haven't dropped appreciably...

[Clara Lou]

I downloaded Star Office while it was still free. It does anything MS Office does, and it reads MS Office files. I like it. Hasn't crashed once.

[danelectro]

i was pleasantly suprised when i used openoffice to fill out our company timesheet (ms excel template) and the coloration, printing boundaries - and of course the calculations, all worked flawlessly. granted, it wasn't a complex template.