On 2002-05-10 17:40, Jay Petrulis wrote:
Hi All,
Just to let you know, Neil's Excel file couldn't be opened (at least by me) in Excel 97.
StarCalc *did* open the file without a problem, and it appears that no data was lost. StarCalc allows you to save as an Excel format, which I did. I then could open the file without a hitch in Excel.
Although this is an Excel site, I would encourage everyone to give StarOffice a try. I personally like its Word Processing program better than Word (I do zero programming in Word -- used only as an advanced typewriter, so take that FWIW).
StarMath is better than MS Equation, in my opinion, too. Its PowerPoint equivalent is nowhere near as good, and I haven't used its database program.
That said, StarCalc is nowhere what Excel is, and StarOffice is not up to MS Office standards, but it it interesting to use in any event.
Best of all, it's free!
Bye,
Jay
Off-topic: To the poster XL -- you have made three posts to this board, and *all* have been caustic. Here, you recommend that the OP pay USD 300+ for and XP upgrade when he originally mentioned that he didn't want to shell out USD200. This was your nicest post, too.
Please play fair. Not everyone is as fortunate as you. Not everybody knows all there is to know about Excel, as you do it seems.