[LM_NET] Open Office open source software

[Tammy Dineen <Tdineen@LOMIRA.K12.WI.US>]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for input from any school that has switched from Microsoft
Office to Open Office.  Our district decided to switch to the Open
Office instead of upgrading to Office 2007 because of the free vs.
$21,000 price tag.  I've used the Word and Excel versions of Open Office
and was ok with them in the pinch but I was wondering if there were any
other little "nuances" that we should think about before investing our
time and efforts in the switch.  We know we have to upgrade from our old
Office 2000 because our students are coming in with newer versions that
we can't open up.

TIA for any info you can give me.

Tammy L. Dineen,
tdineen@lomira.k12.wi.us
K-12 Library Media Specialist
Lomira School District
1030 4th Street
Lomira, WI
tdineen@lomira.k12.wi.us
Phone: 920-269-4396
Fax:  920-269-4996
"Those who can't read are at the mercy of those who can."

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