Compatibility with MS Office 2003
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:24 pm
I've been using OpenOffice for years now, but my sister has recently started a course and is using my laptop for her IT assignments. They have been told that they have to use MS Office 2003 on the computers in class, so whatever she uses at home will have to work with that. I uninstalled MS Office ages ago, so I'm not that familiar with it any more, and I need advice on compatibility. I know that it will basically be compatible, but it's more that there might be features in OO which Office2003 doesn't support - she doesn't want to do her assignment and then go into class and find that things are all over the place.
My sister is not particularly technical, but she can save her work in .doc format and that kind of thing. She'll mostly be using Word and Powerpoint. The Word stuff is probably ok, because she'll not be doing much more than standard typing, inserting a few images etc. The Powerpoint stuff is more of a concern, because she'll be wanting to use things like transitions and so on (it's a primary school teaching course, so they like things to move and dance!).
Can anyone give any advice on whether using the most recent OO Impress and saving in MS format is likely to cause issues? I know that it will basically work, and I guess she'll need to stick to the more basic transitions and that, but has anyone else got any experience of this that they can share? Any features to avoid using?
The other option is for her to get hold of MS Office 2003 and install that, but I don't have much room left for more software on this computer! She could get Office 2007, but I'm guessing it'll have the same backwards-compatibility issues anyway.
Any help is very much appreciated!
Sharon
My sister is not particularly technical, but she can save her work in .doc format and that kind of thing. She'll mostly be using Word and Powerpoint. The Word stuff is probably ok, because she'll not be doing much more than standard typing, inserting a few images etc. The Powerpoint stuff is more of a concern, because she'll be wanting to use things like transitions and so on (it's a primary school teaching course, so they like things to move and dance!).
Can anyone give any advice on whether using the most recent OO Impress and saving in MS format is likely to cause issues? I know that it will basically work, and I guess she'll need to stick to the more basic transitions and that, but has anyone else got any experience of this that they can share? Any features to avoid using?
The other option is for her to get hold of MS Office 2003 and install that, but I don't have much room left for more software on this computer! She could get Office 2007, but I'm guessing it'll have the same backwards-compatibility issues anyway.
Any help is very much appreciated!
Sharon