NewsForge: Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress | Linux Today

NewsForge: Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress

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Bruce Byfield
Dec 8, 2004

“By now, anyone who has researched replacing Microsoft Office
with OpenOffice.org knows that Writer is an acceptable, even
superior substitute for Word.

“But word processing is only part of what the average user needs
in an office program. What if you need to design a slide show in
OOo Impress? Coming from PowerPoint, what can you expect?…”

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