[LUAU] StarOffice 5.1

[George Toft]

Zachary P. Taylor wrote:
> 
> Has anyone been using Star Office 5.1? I know it is free for personal use,
> but I just ordered it. It looks pretty good. Looking for feedback. I was
> using Applix (Older Version 4.3, I think) Anyone have a comparison?


I like it - it's good for most things.

Pros:  Make graphs from the spreadsheet a helluva lot easier than Excel.
       Priced right!
       Browser is finicky, but at least it works better than SO4.  It
           seems to be as reliable as Netscape - that is, the pages that 
           crash Netscape simply error out with SO.

Cons:  No statistical analysis.
       Loses data when saving as Word97 or RTF format and subsequently
           reading it using Word97.  I don't know if SO is broken, or
           if it's Word.  I used to save as RTF in SO4, and read it fine
           with Word6 and Word97.  The document in question is a simple
           text doc with some pics, and very simple formatting.  One
           font, minimal underlining, no bold, no italics.
       RAM PIG, maybe even a memory leaker (still troubleshooting).
       
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