Open Office

[norb]

Has anyone tried using the open office spreadsheet program to mod our csv files?

Just wondering because it's free and cross platform and is bound to be more convienient to use than Excel.

[estabu2]

I used it, but I found excel to be easier, at least for the csv files. There are a few settings that need to be tweaked for compatibility issues, but I used it for 2 years and it worked pretty good.

[Hancock the Superb]

what is open office?

[norb]

It's a free open source office suite like MS office. It can open ms office files. It also runs on multiple OS's

[Hancock the Superb]

I've heard of that. There are lots of bugs, I believe, if my source is correct.

[69th NYSV]

Actually it's pretty mature now. B)

In fact it's mature enough that the Pennsauken NJ Board of Education almost switched to it for all it's schools. The only thing that stopped it was during a small beta test some of the teacher's couldn't grasp the concept that they just couldn't hit "save" and have it be compatible in M$ Word. You have to do "save as" and set the file extension each time for formats other then Open Office. This caused some serious panic over lesson plans. :ohmy:

[jri]

I use it all the time. It is the only word processor we use. Many companies around the world use it. You should check their web site and see if it is useful for you.

[Hancock the Superb]

website url?

[69th NYSV]

Your a bright lad, think about how you might be able to find it...

Kids today....:laugh: :cheer:

[estabu2]

69th NYSV wrote:

Your a bright lad, think about how you might be able to find it...

Kids today....:laugh: :cheer:

Hey, it is hard to type those 10 letters and hit the google button.:laugh: :laugh: