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[taha]

perfect

 

[PhantomCruiser]

That's funny guys...

Years ago when the movie "We Were Soldiers" was released, one of the guys I worked with at the time said in a few years I'd be just like Plumley. After about a 10 second pause one of the other guys said, "Hell, he ain't too far away from being that way now".

I just remained quiet and sipped my coffee and gave them all the steely-eyed glare.

 

[jedidia]

So, I'm applying for an internship in application development, and for some unfathomable reason :shifty: the words "Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator" crop up in it. Since the application is in german, the spellchecker suggests to replace "spaceflight" with... "Seeligspracht"??!? :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

So, I'm applying for an internship in application development, and for some unfathomable reason :shifty: the words "Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator" crop up in it. Since the application is in german, the spellchecker suggests to replace "spaceflight" with... "Seeligspracht"??!? :lol:

... is it set to de-AT? :lol::lol::lol:

 

[jedidia]

is it set to de-AT?

No, it's set to switzerland, but for open office that don't really matter. I remember that MS word had a different dictionary for Switzerland with for example the double s replaced by ss, but in openopffice I think it's all just one dictionary.

 

[SolarLiner]

OpenOffice

Ahhh! Don't scare me like that !

Seriously, this is like the worst free alternative of MS Word out there. I prefer working online with Google Docs (even for temporary things) at my high school than using that crap. (I upload it anyway to my Drive so at the end it's the same)

Also, on Google Docs I blown away my teachers today while working on a group project. My teammate was sick and I told him to join in and work on it.
At the end the real-time "multiplayer" editing seemed so awesome that half of my, class was looking at my computer screen.

Yeah, call me a Google fan ... That's exactly what I am. :lol:

 

[Artlav]

I prefer working online with Google Docs (even for temporary things)

It is a nice thing for shared work or organizing, but i still don't get it how one can use an online app like that for any sort of local work?

I mean, what if the internet go out?
Or you need to open a big file?
Or you're in a subway?
Etc.

It just does not sound like a working environment, or a thing that would be comfortable to use.

Same about Google Drive - what if i need the files back, and don't have the hours to download them?

 

[SolarLiner]

On my personal computer, the whole Google Drive space is a subfolder of my Documents, so all data is local.
On my phone, I can just keep the files I want downloaded offline and updated, and continue to work on it like it's nothing.

The only problem is, yeah, on my school's computers, where nothing is local. But they are connected through fiber and really close to the router (? Not really sure about that word, but it's the "thing" that dispatches all the connections coming from a central point). So no big worries on there, even if it does happen.
If it happens you can still work on the document just fine, it just tries to recconect and sync the file again. If you still don't have a working connection on the end, you can just CTRL+S it and save locally.

 

[Bibi Uncle]

Microsoft has an equivalent with Word Online, Excel Online, etc. It works great, and you can still edit the files locally with the normal versions of the Office suite. Also, the OneDrive folder syncs automatically with your OneDrive account. However, the online version of Word doesn't support mathematical équations... which is something I use often.

I have Microsoft Office University. It includes all main Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook and Access) and 1 TB of space on OneDrive. It lasts for 4 years and it costs $79, which is OK, considering the annual fee of $99 for the standard Office Online subscription. However, you must prove that you are currently studying in an university or an equivalent (like cégep here in Québec).

 

[jedidia]

Ahhh! Don't scare me like that !

I'm mostly using it for spellchecking purposes really, since I looked in vain for a german Office Starter edition.

 

[Andy44]

Yeah, "Open Orifice" as it's known where I work is pretty lame.

I realize lots of people hate Microsoft, and for good reason, but Office is one thing MS has done pretty well with over the years, particularly Excel. If you know how to program Visual Basic you can make Excel do almost anything.

Years ago I preferred WordPerfect's word processor over MS Word, but those days are gone.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Not sure why all the hate for Open Office, I use libre office calc regularly, it works fine to me, even if it is somewhat limited feature wise :shrug:

Microsoft office is ehh, not necessarily bad, but not very good either. I found early versions of the software ok (2003ish) but the workflow in Office 2010 was so difficult to understand that I couldnt use it. Rather slow too.

Finished the calc exam, rough but survivable. Finally free for Christmas Break!!!

 

[Andy44]

Not sure why all the hate for Open Office, I use libre office calc regularly, it works fine to me, even if it is somewhat limited feature wise

Question kind of answers itself, there...also, where I work one computer system has open office and the others all use MS Office, and the two files formats don't always play nice together.

Microsoft office is ehh, not necessarily bad, but not very good either. I found early versions of the software ok (2003ish) but the workflow in Office 2010 was so difficult to understand that I couldnt use it. Rather slow too.

I agree, I also prefer Office 2003 over the newer "let's try to look like Apple so people will think we're cool" Office.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Question kind of answers itself, there...also, where I work one computer system has open office and the others all use MS Office, and the two files formats don't always play nice together.

Ah :facepalm: sorry

I agree, I also prefer Office 2003 over the newer "let's try to look like Apple so people will think we're cool" Office.

I found that even more than the look, 2010 was a puzzle to figure out how to accomplish certain tasks. Whereas in Excel 2003, you simply used the chart wizard to create a new chart, 2010 involved going back & forth between several panes & submenus just to change things like styles & gridlines.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Under the "old" office, I could print my document by click one icon with the mouse; now I've got to go to the "home", select print from that screen, to get another screen that finally allows me to print what I want.

1 click = good
3 clicks = better?

I still have office 2000 on CD, I wonder if I can still use that? :hmm:

 

[Andy44]

I have a copy of Office 2003 at home, and as long as whatever computer I'm using will support it I plan to keep it.

It's a shame WordPerfect is gone, I think the competition used to keep MS sharper.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

It's a shame WordPerfect is gone,.

The company that made it is still around, wonder why it fell out of popularity?

I think the competition used to keep MS sharper.

And there you have my primary issue with MS summed up in a nutshell

 

[jedidia]

I still have office 2000 on CD, I wonder if I can still use that?

My father still uses office 2000 on Win7, seems to work without problems. Just don't install outlook, it'll have trouble with newer protocol versions and display some mails in a somewhat disorderly fashion :shifty:

2010 was a puzzle to figure out how to accomplish certain tasks.

This is my problem with every writing/layout programm EVER. I just don't get how they work. So I barely use them, which of course does not increase my familiarity with them.

My workflow usually looks like this:
Write Text in Notepad++
Dump text into open office for spellchecking
Shove text over to the Wife who does the layout in InDesign (there's advantages to having a professional in the family :lol

 

[Urwumpe]

I have no problems with the three click print version of Office 2013 here... I rarely print something anyway in modern times and exchanging data digitally is the norm now - getting a document onto SharePoint only takes two clicks (selecting ribbon, export)

And with a few clicks in the configuration of Word, I now have the Quickprint action in the "start" ribbon.... only one click to print, if necessary

 

[C3PO]

.... And Ctrl+P still works. I never use clicks. :lol: