Open Office fFor Dummies? (follow-up)

[peter]

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
> 
> 
> 

There wasn't much of a learning curve for me at all, I did my resume on 
my Dad's Win98 machine and imported it into OpenOffice on my RedHat 8 
box just to see what happened. It was good enough that I did it that way 
anyhow.


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