Im in the industry mate it works fine but you may have problems intergrating it with a calender and the like.

But as for being able to open and save files to send in office format it works fine.

You should still be able to reauthenticate the software even if they don't support it.
The "not supporting" bit only indicates that they are no longer doing bug fixes etc on it.
Not sure how you would go about getting it re authenticated though. Maybe ring them up and give them a serve.

I guess this is why they tell you to "BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM".
you can get 500Gb disks for just over a hundred bucks that will do the job and will save you a s***load of grief in the long run.

All sounds tres familiar.

Have put it into the cant be farked basket and will see what develops there. Life is too short to be ranting at a home puter screen. I do that 9-5 already.

beernsmokes said...

i purchased open office six months ago i think $63 bucks considering exchange rates for a lifetime. i saved the file to a usb key, upgraded to windows 7 reinstalled it off the key, works just as good and i can stick my middle finger up to bill.

Why did you buy it? Its freely available:

www.openoffice.org/

im always weary of being stung on the net but seems ive been done....i didnt have microsoft office nor did i want to buy it and needed something to open a file. Im computer illiterate and I am the one they are after. Just read forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51698 oh well sixty bucks is better than 600

I do my temperature charts in excel, which has a nice separate page for the chart, unfortunately I can't get open office to do this, the chart comes out much smaller embedded in the data page.
The other strange thing that's happened, I think because I've used both applications to modify and save a spread sheet. Is the dates have change,d they've all gone forward a few years, this is a real pain.
So be a bit careful, when migrating stuff over from one to the other. Would be a good idea to have a back up, so you can test what happens.

Saying this I'm also dual booting between XP and linux, XL in XP and open office in linux, that may also be a factor.

you can buy office 2007 - home and student for around $100 online.

grumplestiltskin said...

I guess this is why they tell you to "BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM".

Pffffff,... REAL men don't do backups!

FormulaNova said...

For what its worth, there is a freeware program similar to ghost to do image backups. I just can't remember what its called...

Time machine. Comes free with Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. The most easy to use, simple to set up (about as close to 1 click as you can get!) and completely foolproof backup system ever.

Mine's set up to back up every hour, I can restore any file to whatever version I want, at any time. Got to say, the mac upgrade / restore process is totally awesome -- when you upgrade (even to a new computer!) it asks you if you want to keep your old data, say "Yes" and everything's there. Programs, pictures, mail messages, internet bookmarks, super secret UNIX programs tucked away in the depths of hidden folders, the works. If you're upgrading to a new computer, upgrading the OS, or restoring from a backup, it doesn't make a difference.

(smug mode)

That said, Open Office on the Mac sucks... I tried it but it just didn't have that lickable goodness that native programs have. I'll stick to my crusty Office 2003 until I'm forced to upgrade.

Gestalt said...

while we're in smug mode....

thunderbird (free mail client) is the duck nuts!

has anyone used the latest version of open orifice? seems like some important improvements.

Gestalt,
Time to close the office, not open office (considering the time you must have posted this you must be "working" very late or very early).