Thursday, February 12, 2009

Learning to Write in a World of “Word” - Intro

Open Office Writer is a fantastic application.  Why?  It has a rich feature set, many great utilities, a familiar environment, and most importantly, it’s free!  Now, many skeptics will have you believe that this will never work in the corporate environment where Microsoft Word has a commanding lead over its competitors.  It is completely understandable people feel this way because changing to something new is not easy.  However, I do not feel that is the case here.

Sure, we may hit a few bumps.  The trick to software adoption is aligning applications with our needs and strategy.  Unless you have specific requirements for an application, evaluating different software titles may not be something too farfetched.  In this case, I use Open Office Writer as a substitute for Microsoft Word.  Later posts will reflect varying features and provide a deeper comparison of the two products.

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