Re: MS Office problem

["Toolman Tim" <frack.this@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In news:Xe6dnf7OsJjvtLDZ4p2dnA@xxxxxxxxxxx,
SgtMinor spewed forth:
> Gordon wrote:
>
>> JANA wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Have you tried Open Office from Sun Microsystems?  This one is
>>> excellent, and in some ways it is better than the office program
>>> you are trying to use. It does everything Office does, and more. It
>>> can also export and import over 90% of the formats that Office can
>>> handle.
>>
>>
>> No, I'd say it will import MORE than MS Office will do. MS Office
>> won't import any Lotus documents AT ALL......which is strange
>> considering MS Office was launched as a DIRECT assault on Lotus
>> Smartsuite......
>
> This is the sort of hyperbole one finds in the pasture behind a
> bull.  Excel may have problems with some Lotus macros, but most
> simple work sheets will be opened without any problem at all.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=179841

Exactly. I have a couple users at work still on the old 1-2-3 version 2.x 
DOS software because of the macros. They don't want to figure out how to 
make Excel do what they want. Fortunately, one retires next month <g>!

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