KDE-Office vs OpenOffice ?

qwijibow · 08-18-2004, 10:58 AM

hey guys.. its been a long time since ive used open office (when REDHAT 9 was released)

anyways... ive seen a much newer version of kde-office working, and was impressed, it supports MS .doc formats etc etc.

anyways, does OpenOffcie still not support .doc format ?

also, what are the other pro's and cons ?

im facing some NASTY compile times for office packeages, so id rather not have to do this twice.

thanks

thistleair · 08-18-2004, 11:07 AM

I've never had any issues using Open Office with MS filetypes. My boxes running RH9 all open all MS Office filetypes without too much hassle (sometimes macros throw a wobbley). There has been a marked improvement in OOo since the RH9 days.

Purely personal preference is to go for OOo. I keep giving KOffice a go but just can't get used to it.

Mike Blick · 08-18-2004, 11:08 AM

Open office supports .doc format, in my opinion much better the koffice. It also supports .xls and powerpoint docs. The only issue I have with OO is it takes ages to start up. That said its much better, much more featurefull office software.

qwijibow · 08-18-2004, 01:36 PM

okay... next question...

it seems its gonna take 7 hours ot emerge open office.
is there a way to perform a binary install in gentoo ?

ive never emerged a binary gentoo package.. i tried

emerge -k openoffice but no pre-built binary existed.

any ideas ?

qwijibow · 08-18-2004, 01:50 PM

oops... didnt see the download section.. there is a binary installer.

insyte · 08-18-2004, 03:24 PM

Just wanna add - Openoffice also supports staroffice files

darkleaf · 08-18-2004, 03:42 PM

I like openoffice more than koffice. Powerpoint is supported by openoffice as well which is great if you need some windows compatibility.