Re: [MLUG] MS Office compatibility via Open Office, Mac OS Office, or XP run under VMware or Parallels

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 11/1/07, Michael Stegeman <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Have you tried out Thunderbird?

No, I haven't.

> Personally, I prefer it to Outlook.

I would prefer to be hit with blunt objects to using Outlook, or even
being hit with sharp objects if the force propelling them were not too
extreme. Really, if I could convince the NIH to switch over to gmail,
I would do it in a minute. But they insist on using Exchange. Gag.

> And as for Excel... I've only encountered one issue with it.  I have a
> timesheet from the University that I have to fill out for my job, and
> for some reason, the equations in the spreadsheet won't work in
> OpenOffice.

Having looked at the code, all I can say is that the macros in some of
our Excel spreadsheets should be banned by the Geneva convention. (So
I have no idea what they're doing at State or Defense.)

> This is really my only reason for still having Office,
> which by the way I have set up in Windows XP through VirtualBox (free
> VMware, very much to my liking).

Thanks for the advice. I will look into that.

jking

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