Re: computer brewing programs

Droopy <Droopy68516@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
True openoffice is pretty good for the price...or so I hear.

Worth every penny of it, and no more.

I only paid 10 bucks for my office suite through the University when I
was a student...so I have never really looked at openoffice.

When you say it does everything that office does, does that include the
VBA development tools? I have been slowly customizing my spreadsheets
and sooner they will look just like promash or beersmith or any other
brewing software., only it will calc things that way I want them done.

I have had problems importing any MS files with anything
remotely beyond the simplest functionality into open office.
Since we live in a Windows-centric world, that makes it very
difficult for me to recommend it, unless perhaps you will
never need to import MS stuff. This includes Word and Excel
files. I shudder to think what would happen if I tried to
import an Access database.
--
Joel Plutchak

"Things deserve to get stirred up." - Michael Balzary
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