OpenOffice 3.0 issues new challenge

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Well I just finished my download from the mirror site and have installed. Looks and feels more polished than 2. Like that the Office07 Zoom feature has been included. The graphs in Calc work - and my wife will be happy with that as it was broken in version 2 after I installed a python module.

 

[nelwa]

Isn't pst files for Outlook?

If its only for Outlook, then no, OO can not do that since it does not have a mail program like outlook.

Thunderbird, another open source email client, can open PST files and import your mail.

mmm, Thunderbird isn't quite there yet, I've tried it a couple of times, but as it doesn't get as much attention as firefox, there aren't as much development going on towards it....

 

[Tns]

Great news! I love OO the most for its PDF function. I PDF almost all my school projects, so OO is the easy answer there. I also get the feeling it loads faster, no?

just use primoPDF work very well, dl OO now as i type....

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Looks like the whole world is downloading OO3 ... thanks for link on the mirror site, downloading it now as Ubuntu might take a day or two to have it in its offical repositry.

I hate to spoil your fun, but the Intrepid will NOT have OOo3 in the repo's. If you wish to install OOo in Intrepid see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=889093 and this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=946781 if you want to vote for its inclusion in Ibex.

S

 

[zamicro]

But does Open Office run macros and does it run *.pst files.
Outlook is the only program I use every single day.

No. But does microsoft office run .sh files or run os/2 code????

 

[Takkies]

MS Excel with VDA

Why on earth would you want to drag your VBA viruses into a new system?

Actually there are no viruses. The code is my own. I wouldn't change to a system that couldn't run it. I do understand though that MS Office isn't for everyone.

 

[nelwa]

I wouldn't change to a system that couldn't run it.

This is exactly the problem with proprietary software...

 

[chubster]

But does Open Office run macros and does it run *.pst files.
Outlook is the only program I use every single day.

good point. We will have to wait and see when M$ opens up exchange, so that other more stable clients can have a go at it

 

[nelwa]

mmm, Thunderbird isn't quite there yet, I've tried it a couple of times, but as it doesn't get as much attention as firefox, there aren't as much development going on towards it....

I just tried the latest version of Thunderbird and I gotta say, they improved a whole lot since last I used it....think I'll give it a go now...

 

[AK65]

Actually there are no viruses. The code is my own. I wouldn't change to a system that couldn't run it. I do understand though that MS Office isn't for everyone.

Believe me, you'll regret it. I wrote a nice little vb macro that took a table out of an excel sheet and created a *.mdb file. It was very nifty, just click on the button and ..... viola! A lot of manual cutting and pasting automated. That was on Office '97.

We got new pc's with a later version of Office installed, and guess what? The vb macro no longer worked. Some error which Microsoft introduced, knew about, and had no intention of fixing.....so the vb code didn't even port from Office to Office! I've never written another single line of vb since then, and avoid Microsoft products like the plague. They have no respect for their customers, period.

So good luck with your vb stuff........hope that the same thing doesn't happen to you. Me - once bitten twice shy......I was disappointed, yes. Surprised? No. It's what you expect from Microsoft - you have to debug your own code everytime a new version comes out.......