Open Office fFor Dummies?

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OpenOffice rocks.  If you can use Microsoft Office I'd bet you'd have no
problem making the switch.  I've read that sometimes Open Office has a
hard time properly displaying some .doc files, but I've never had any
problems.  And these problems will be addressed and OO will only get
better.  I'm not sure if there are any Dummy books for OO.  Star Office
used to be the office suite of choice for Linux until OO came along.  I
think OO.  I don't think they are too similar.    



On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 23:33, Joe Pollock wrote:
> Hi.  I'm thinking about switching over to OpenOffice.org from M$ Office 2000
> to save money and to make the transition to Linux easier.  I'd appreciate
> responses to any of the following questions.  I'm also open to other
> alternatives, but I'm not quite ready for all Linux-only solution.
> 
> What do you folks think of OOo?
> How good is it for an end user with no computer experience (my partner)?
> How good is the documentation for use in learning it?
> Are there any "OOo for Dummies" books out there?
> Are there any compatibility issues with reading and writing MS Word files?
> What's the relationship between Star Office and OOo?  Are they pretty much
> the same from an end user's point of view (other than cost)? (I'm asking
> this because I already have a Sams Star Office Book.)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Joe
>