Open Office 2.0

[GreggBz]

WOW!
It's actually pretty nice.

I had to download it for my Windows PC at work, sometimes we buy our software and sometimes not, I did not feel to go about that so I just said no to the CD-R and choose to download Open Office.

I upgraded on my PC at home also, the linux version is just as good. Highly recomended.

Unfortunately, there is no version for Amiga OS.

[odin]

Might need to give it another try then. Last time I tried it, it gave a whole new dimension to the word 'bloat' in my vocabulary.

[GreggBz]

Well, the download is pretty big 97MB.
But the linux version is individual rpms that you can pick anc choose, also it loads about twice as fast as 1.1whatever.

[nagaflas]

Yes, this is a pretty amazing suite of software.

In fact, I just bought a notebook that had MS Office Trial version on it. I promptly uninstalled it and replaced it with OpenOffice.org.

I would LOVE to see an Amiga port someday...

[SamuraiCrow]

There's a port in the works for AOS 4 on the AmigaDev website (Although they're doing all of their discussions on a mailing list from somebody elses website.)

[mikeymike]

I've been using OpenOffice since 1.0.something, and while it can be a bit slow to start up, I've had no problems with document compatibility except for the odd bizarre winmail.dat issue.

I think it's a shame that OO 2.0 has those gradient effects in the toolbars, just a pointless bell/whistle IMO.  There's a ticket you can vote on to get an option to switch it off:

http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=40800

[swift240]

Yep downloaded it, its far better than the previous version.
Its very very good considering its FREE.  :-)  :-)