Office 2010

[Karl Larsen]

On 08/30/2010 03:12 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Potentially dangerous question for the list!
>
> So now I just cannot leave my Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit alone.
>
> Yeah, the winbloze networking can be tricky and yeah, my new star craft won't work and yeah... I could go on.
>
> But the desktop is awesome, I love it to bits...
> So how can I run Office 2010 in my Ubuntu?
> Wine or some better emulator?
>
> I need .Net framework in order for it to install ;(
>
> PS:
> I know all the open source fanatics are going to jump in on this one, and even if I say my reasons are none of your business, you guys will still want to fight. So the reason why I want Office 2010, is because open office advanced formulas are not compatible with MS office, and visa versa...
> Open Office lacks modern means of navigation and interface, and I hate getting a pop up window every time I delete a value in a cell. Basically for me, Open office still looks like Office 97. It totally blows. As new as the underlying code may be, the interface sucks.
> So even though the MS OS sucks and lacks decent desktop effects, their office package is awesome.
>
>
> Chadley Wilson | Engineer
> Research and Development | Pinnacle Africa
>
>
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         What you say is Open Office Spreadsheet is not as good as 
Windows Office 2010.  This might be the case. What do you require? Open 
Office should be able to open any Windows Office spreadsheet.
73 Karl


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