I recently had to try out Calc for the first time, and it opened up my MS spreadsheets with no difficulty. The ever dependable OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit was ready with simple and clear answers whenever I needed some issue sorted out. I would recommend for a OpenOffice newbie that buying a reference book liked the Resource Kit is advisable, as it will smooth your transition from MS dependence. If you consider that it's the only outlay that's necessary to use this excellent suite of programs then it's extremely cost effective and well worth the cash. And of course the best thing about OpenOffice is that when version 1.1 comes out you can just download the upgrade for no extra cost.
I'm never going back to the Office.
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1 - cjones
I dont actually use Open Office but I do own it with a Linux SUSE 8.2 distro. I find the software more than adequate especcially as a student. Go Open Source. I hope Microsoft gets reduced to a distant memory because of their monopolistic ways...