StarOffice 7

Rating:
Summary: Great intuitive software
Review: I'm very happy with my SO7, it's saved me heaps of time with
my thesis and I can switch quickly between my Linux and Windoze
boxes with the documents. Would recommend it to anyone that
wants a full featured office suite at a very acceptable price.

Rating:
Summary: Does not work without Java installed
Review: This requires the Java plug-in from Sun.com and it
causes errors, plus the download is huge in size.


If you want a REAL Office Suite look no further
than Microsoft Office 2003-it is the BEST.

Rating:
Summary: Satisfied computer noob...
Review: Recently purchased a low end laptop with only microsoft works installed. Talk about a hassle trying to convert hundreds of pages of office documents (especially word) into something useful between my two computers.

Never realized how dependent I was on MS office. Last night I desperately downloaded one of those peer to peer programs looking to "borrow" any available version of word. Instead, I found tons of buggy, virus packed programs.

Just downloaded the OpenOffice 1.1.3 free software (comparable to starware)and made it my mission to ween myself off all Microsoft products when purchasing future computers.

No clue how anyone could give this product lower than a 3 star rating. I'm a typical computer noob and had very few problems for my basic needs.

I really wanted to rate this product with 4 stars, but seeing all those negative phony 1 star rating from disgruntled Microsoft employees forced me to use 5 stars for balance.

Just wish I had the cash to donate funds to this project.

Rating:
Summary: much better than OpenOffice
Review: StarOffice 7 runs faster and offers many enhanced features not available in its open source cousin. At the price offered, it is a deal. I would encourage all those with substantive word processing work to be done to try this one. Star 7 does not disappoint the longtime user and is a good bargain for newcomers

Rating:
Summary: Worst Office suite I have ever used
Review: To say one thing positive was when I UN-installed this horrible Java exception bug software. Anyone who installs the Sun Java to work with Star Office has ruined their system.

It has costed me over $100 at a pc repair center to reload Windows and I had to buy MS Office!

ARRG, I am not happy!

Rating:
Summary: Exceptional product
Review: I really don't know where the negative reviews come from. I have used Star Office 5.2, 6.0, and 7.0 as well as OpenOffice.org. Star Office works very well and is solid across all operating systems. This is NOT a Microsoft product and will not use the same commands and key strokes as Microsoft. The product is well integrated and its commands are consistant throughout all modules. Features like "templates" make the product well worth the price. This is a good buy and will let you integrate Windows and Linux machines in the same network.

Rating:
Summary: Does all that I need
Review: Excellent value! This package does everything I need in Office software and more.

Rating:
Summary: No problems so far. Inexpensive alternative, cross-platform
Review: I have been using StarOffice 7 for over a year. It was not only inexpensive, but easy to get around. The user interface is very similar to the Microsoft Office 2000 one I was using before StarOffice.

Just make sure you download and install the free program updates (the latest is StarOffice 7 - Service Update 2) from the following webpage:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/xprod-StarOffice&nav=pub-patches

I tried using OpenOffice before, but I didn't like that:
1. OpenOffice included no database
2. OpenOffice had no thesaurus
3. OpenOffice included no new fonts or clip-art
4. OpenOffice included no commercial-grade spellchecker

StarOffice 7 includes the Adabas database, a thesaurus, clip-art, a spellchecker, and technical support.

One good thing about the boxed version of StarOffice 7 is that you get a licence to use the program on five (5) PCs. Also, the installation CD includes the versions for Windows and Linux (and Solaris unix as well).

Quoting from the Sun web site: "the StarOffice 7 RTU license gives a named user license to run StarOffice on up to five of their machines. There is no renewal needed. The license fee for StarOffice software is per user, not per-machine.".

For the price I paid, I couldn't be happier.