PreviousSunday 2 November 2003, 4:22 AM
Not powerful/compatible enough
It may be enough for some people, but my experience was that Word's more advanced features were either poorly/not supported, or just not compatible with Word's implementation (comments, equations, etc.). If I didn't NEED compatibility, then I would've been using LaTeX, so it was mostly a useless waste of time for me.
If you only deal with small potatoes, then this is probably good enough (and a great deal; the price is certainly right), but it's insufficient if you're doing serious work. I believe that the success of OpenOffice hinges on the 80/20 rule. That is, 80% of Word users use 20% of it's features. As a LaTeX user, perhaps I have higher standards?
Oh yeah, and I was definitely NOT impressed with Impress. I'm still looking for a viable alternative to PowerPoint.
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