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Thinking about switching
Aloone_Jonez:
If all you need to do is print/read a Word document then download Microsoft's freeware Word viewer program. It's built for Windows but runs under WINE on 'NIX systems.
The only problem is when you need to read a stubborn Word document, copy and paste from MS Word viewer sometimes works but it isn't perfect.
MS also supplies freeware viewers for Power Point and Excel - I use MS viewers to open MS Office documents all the time on all operating systems I use with no problems.
worker201:
--- Quote from: Lead Head on 19 January 2009, 17:48 ---What exactly is on this word doc, is just just charts and graphs?
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It's an application for employment.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 19 January 2009, 23:49 ---
--- Quote from: Lead Head on 19 January 2009, 17:48 ---What exactly is on this word doc, is just just charts and graphs?
--- End quote ---
It's an application for employment.
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So it's got a shitload of macro's?
That is a problem, since Openoffice hasn't got Visual Basic built-in, but their own Basic version which isn't entirely compatible.
Calum:
i wonder why they do this with application forms for employment? i've seen that a lot too. Are they trying to say you can't work for them unless you paid your Microtax?
worker201:
--- Quote from: Calum on 10 February 2009, 15:13 ---i wonder why they do this with application forms for employment? i've seen that a lot too. Are they trying to say you can't work for them unless you paid your Microtax?
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Lol, probably not consciously. I think it's more of an extension of the business environment that Microsoft created. Companies get the idea that if they just buy Office, they'll never have to buy software again. And so they use it for things it should not be used for. Word is a decent word processor, but it is one of the crappiest page design programs ever made. The kind of illegitimate tweaking you have to do to get a modern design is just insane - it's possible that the document wouldn't even open correctly in another version of Word. But the small companies and municipalities that use it are kinda locked in, because they can't really justify the expense of purchasing a program that would do it properly.
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