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:The Boston Globe: A Free, Easy Alternative to Office
The Boston Globe: A Free, Easy Alternative to Office
Sep 8, 2004, 03 :15 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (6298 reads)

(Other stories by Michelle Johnson)

"Hoping to get some work done on a recent train trip to New York, I kicked back, opened my laptop, and clicked on Microsoft Excel. Up popped a prompt asking for the original program disk. Same thing with Word and PowerPoint. Nothing would run.

"Who the heck travels with their original program disks? I was dead in the water, left with nothing to do but play solitaire..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Openoffice is great if you are not an M ...   The mythical MS-Office power user.   
DrSmile
Sep 8, 2004, 04:01:54
 
OK, I'm probably the last person to  ...   Not that different   
Joe User
Sep 8, 2004, 05:01:38
 
 Miss Johnson; We're glad you like o ...   A Movement?   
waflorek
Sep 8, 2004, 06:17:11
 
Nice article, pitty the author's got ...   Proprietary OOo format   
wzzrd
Sep 8, 2004, 06:53:53
 
This repeated FUD about MS Office being  ...   OpenOffice, not MS Office is for power users.   
SM
Sep 8, 2004, 06:54:05
 
There's at least a substantial error ...   There's at least an error...   
dnc
Sep 8, 2004, 07:28:47
 
...isn't one. Never in my life have  ...   It's obvious the author....   
Duane C. Mallory
Sep 8, 2004, 09:51:50
 
> "Openoffice is great if you are not an ...   Re: The mythical MS-Office power user.   
K3m157
Sep 8, 2004, 11:44:07
 
Where are these "MS Office power users"? ...   Re: The mythical MS-Office power user.   
Bob
Sep 8, 2004, 12:37:34
 
 Where are these "MS Office power users" ...   Re: The mythical MS-Office power user.   
a canuck
Sep 8, 2004, 12:40:32
 
"Who the heck travels with their origina ...   disks   
dumbo larno
Sep 8, 2004, 12:50:46
 
Oddly enough I hear similar complaints a ...   Re: Re: The mythical MS-Office power user.   
Kavey
Sep 8, 2004, 14:07:49
 
When I was a lawyer, I strongly encourag ...   power users   
Dave
Sep 8, 2004, 15:28:17
 
Just a side note. I have a friend at the ...   Office File Formats   
Matt
Sep 8, 2004, 15:35:22
 
> Just a side note. I have a friend at t ...   Re: Office File Formats   
Ken Jennings
Sep 8, 2004, 16:46:13
 
Power User is too confining a pigeonhole ...   More Power Users...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Sep 8, 2004, 17:15:04
 
> Just a side note. I have a friend at t ...   Re: Office File Formats   
Mar
Sep 8, 2004, 17:38:22
 
Having used Word as a power user for man ...   Power User is too confining a pigeonhole.   
Ciaran Mulloy
Sep 8, 2004, 19:39:35
 
While I agree and have observed most of  ...   Re: power users   
Fellowes
Sep 8, 2004, 19:53:45
 
> > Just a side note. I have a friend at ...   Re: Re: Office File Formats   
Matt
Sep 9, 2004, 03:14:43
 
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