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Summary: No updates?
Review: I used StarOffice 6.1 beta - the starting point of StarOffice 7. I liked it.But I am a registered user of StarOffice 6, and would expect an update version, at a reduced price. StarOffice is a fine product. I use it to write technical books and both the MasterDocument and hyphenation works (which is widely said Word's don't) but I think I will stick to 6 until StarOffice presents an update. With this kind no update of policy, migrating to OpenOffice is a great tempation.
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Summary: what a find!
Review: Loved it. The new look and feel is great, it's even easier to use, and the startup time is a lot better, at least on Windows. I especially like the export to PDF function - I'm a professor, and this is a great way to share documents and know that they'll look right at the other end. It does everything I need as well as Office, or better. My one request to Sun: add a "Format Painter" function to the presentation tool. All around - what a great piece of software, and great value too!
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Summary: Not bad
Review: For the amount you pay, and the fact that most users only use maybe 20% of the features of Micro$oft$ Office, this office suite could be just what people have been waiting for.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: If you need a Office Suite that will increase your productivity and help you then you need Microsoft Office 2003. Star Office is slow, buggy and the user interface leaves a lot to be desired. You will be much happier using MS Office 2003, the Office suite is the best on the market and I have used them all.
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Summary: Bye bye Micro$oft
Review: I think this is great. The interoperability works just fine and dandy between the MS office filetypes. I really like the ability to convert to PDF too! Great functionality at a fraction of the Micro$oft price and with cross platform support everyone can use the same office environment. Well done Sun!
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Summary: Just buy MS Office ...
Review: If you need a productivity Office suite then you will not be happy with this one. When you need the functionality of getting the work done, then use MS Office. Star Office is slow, hard to work with and the user interface is ugly. If you think you are saving money, then think again. I have been using Office suites for years and Microsoft has the best Office on the market.
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Summary: works fine
Review: I use StarOffice every day without the slightest difficulty. Writer imports .doc files without any font problems (this is on Windows), Calc and Impress are fine as well. I'm very glad not to have to pay $500 - more than the price of a PC! - to Micro$oft. I have to wonder about the legitimacy some of the reviews below. For instance, all those who give StarOffice one star and compare it unfavorably to OpenOffice. StarOffice is *based* on OpenOffice ... the look and feel and functionality are *identical*; StarOffice is just enhanced to do a better job of reading MS Office files. Makes no sense at all to love OpenOffice and give StarOffice one star. Methinks Bill's droids are trying to game the system.
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Summary: Greatly improved
Review: StarOffice 7's usability has been imroved significantly over the prior versions.
As before, it runs on multiple platforms (which is essential for me).
No more crashes (the application can run for several weeks without restart
on my Solaris box).
User interface is improved as well: faster and more intuitive.
StarOffice has comes with same functionality as MS office (at a fraction of the cost)
and there are no problems with MS office interoperability!!
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Summary: MS office compatibility isn't perfect
Review: I have heard that equations entered in the writing program do not transfer to MS word. When opening in MS word, the equations are simple missing. Also, complicated formulas in the spreadsheet software do not translate well. Saving a MS excel program in the staroffice format can mess up the formulas. Also, graphs set on a separate sheet do not show up nicely on Staroffice. Just some considerations. Otherwise it seems to work well. If you need to go from MS office to Staroffice regularly, it might be better to stick with MS office.
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Summary: Exvcellent for the money.
Review: Star Office 7.0 has been hugely improved since I tried it a couple of years ago. The interface is tidier and the font rendition is much clearer. Setting up styles for laying out text is straightforward and it's good, that when using two monitors, the style list can be placed onto the other screen out of the way. This can also be done when working on two separate documents of the same or different types. A spreadsheet on one screen and a word processor document on the other, for example.
Another useful feature is the 'Export to .pdf' option so that any document can be sent to a recipient, confident that it can be opened and viewed as intended.
Star Office 7.0 is a good choice for many users at a very modest cost.
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