>>So what. You asked what it's lacking *now*. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for you.<<
No I didn't ask for what's lacking; I asked you for examples, and this is a hollow example because its meaningless. It isn't that it wasn't good enough for me, its irrelevent. Much like Word doesn't come with a 350 Chevy Engine in it. That's hardly a drawback (well, at least not to everyone).
>>It doesn't round-trip VBA. So it's own macro language is useless.<<
I'm not sure what you mean by "round trip," but the language is not "useless." That's absurd.
>>Complicated tables.<<
Huh? Sounds like a user problem rather than a software problem. I did tables and sections in a newsletter recently in the Writer and had no problems. I've tried as much in Word and it has been more difficult.
Nice try. How about another example.
>>It's utterly limited in scope compared to MS Office.<<
This is conclusory BS. Be specific: what exactly will Word Excel and Powerpoint do that this product won't?
>>I provided a reasonably important feature that's missing in OO -- and you squeal like a stuck pig.<<
Now you are making a fool of yourself. Don't over-dramatize things. I didn't squeal. I pointed out, correctly, that this feature is not important. Give me an example of when you've used Words grammer checker and would have made a mistake without its use.
In my experience, the grammer checker flags stuff that isn't a problem. It doesn't flag all passive voice; it always flags long sentences, even when that writing is necessary; and to the legal practitioner, it isn't helpful in the least.
Meet my challenge: there are Word reviews on Amazon. Point to one that praises the grammer checker and labels it an "important" feature.
>>You don't use MS Office 2003, so you have no concept.<<
I use Excel 2003; I have used Office XP (mostly Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access, with a little PP).
You didn't answer my question. You are running and hiding.
>>I know it well enough to know that it isn't suitable for many corporate deployments.<<
You haven't provided anything other than a macro issue (that's easy to work around) that proves this. If you had truly used it for several months and found it suitable (when, exactly, during that several months did you come to that conclusion?), you would have to have more than these two examples.
What did you use it for? Be specific about the Writer, spreadsheet, and the other programs.
I have used MS Word since 1985. I have used Access since 1992; Excel since 1993; and PP since 1994. I know MS Office better than 98% of all users, and have developed apps in Excel and Access. Word has a bug on outline numbering, and for some reason, my XP Word "locked up" on occassion. Excel runs fairly well, although I hate much of what MS has done to the interface.