[ale] MS Office new version

[Jim Kinney]

testing inclusion of pdf file to list. Probably won't work.

Export of OOo-calc with included equations as add-ins to chart.

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can generate the equation in the OOowriter equation editor and copy
> and paste it into the chart.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:19 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have to use MS Word and MS Excel to do my chemistry lab reports this
> > semester, and summer. I can't use OO Calc because it doesn't support
> > adding the trend line equation to a plot. I could use OO Writer for
> > the Word parts, but since I have to use Excel, I just go ahead and use
> > Word. I'm using Office 2008 for Mac, and if it is any indication of
> > Office on Windows then there is plenty reason to use OOo aside from a
> > possible subscription model. Office 2008 is the insanely frustrating
> > and slow.
> >
> > Yes. I just implied OOo is faster than Office. It's that damn bad.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
> > wrote:
> > > this looks like the ultimate reason to switch to OpenOffice ( and
> > maybe even
> > >  Linux!)
> > >
> > >  News.com is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed a subscription
> > service is
> > >  in the works for the next consumer version of their Office Suite.
> > "Code-named
> > >  Albany, the product has a single installer that puts Office Home and
> > Student,
> > >  OneCare, as well as a host of Windows Live services, onto a user's
> > PC. As
> > >  long as users keep paying for the subscription, they are entitled to
> > the
> > >  latest versions of the products. Once they stop paying, they lose the
> > right
> > >  to use any version."
> > >  Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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