OpenOffice vs. Word

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Which one do you prefer to use and support?

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I can use anyone, but since most people use Word I'm kind of forced to stay with that.

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Free is always good for me. I do not like Word at all but sometimes my clients use it and so I have top open what they put in Word. I know Open Office has the extension for Word, but it doesn't always work.

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Honestly I prefer Word just because I grew up seeing it, not because I particularly like it over OO.

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One big thing about Open Office though - its open and developers are always making enhancements for it. With Word its more or less you get what you get and that's it.

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Well that is true, but Microsoft has lots of developers too? The biggest thing is compatibility issues from what is free and what people tend to use. When a client sends me a file they want me to read it just as they created it.