[plug] OpenOffice and MS Office

I am the LinuxAlien linuxalien at optusnet.com.au
Mon Jan 20 14:04:59 WST 2003


I can't edit the charts even under OO. Even the ones I add under OO.
Tim
At 07:56 20/01/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>>I have been asked to set up a Linux box for my sister for when she starts 
>>Uni this year. Our biggest concern is compatibility with other people, 
>>the markers computer and MS Office. I currently only have OO 1.0 not 
>>1.0.1 and from what my dad has seen he is concerned. When OO opens a word 
>>document that had a table in it, it lost the table. And opening a MS 
>>Excel document with charts in them opened fine except you couldn't select 
>>the chart to change it and changing the data didn't effect the chart. 
>>Even after inserting a chart we couldn't select it. Any advice on this 
>>would be appreciated.
>
>I've never seen vanishing tables, but I'm not at all surprised that you 
>can't edit charts. While oo.o is very compatable its far from perfect, so 
>if you need to edit very complex documents MS Office is still the only 
>/safe/ bet. Consider investigating crossover office, I've heard good 
>things about it, though I've never personally used it.
>
>Craig
>

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