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I can't use PDF as an embedded image format in either Writer (Word Processing) or Impress (Presentation) documents. That's bad, since I prefer PDF for such things, and a showstopper for me, especially with Presentations, (I'm one of the folks who use Entourage the most, then PowerPoint. Word's a distant third), and yes, i know about PNG, but that's really not the point. Office 2004 lets me use PDF. If Neo/OpenOffice want to compete on the Mac, they need to allow PDF as an embedded image format.
The second one that makes Impress useless is the lack of presenter tools. No clock, etc. Showing me the next slide is okay, but that's still FAR behind both Keynote and PowerPoint.
So OpenOffice is a nonstarter, which is good, since the UI is nothing to cheer about.
I'm very glad about competition, but if OpenOffice wants to really succeed, it has to be better enough
to make the "soft" costs of switching worthwhile. Right now, it's still at the "different" stage. (No, actually, the up front cost is minor beyond PR hackery. It's the costs of using it for months and years that I'm looking at.)
Close, but no cigar.
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Posted by John C. Welch at 09:17 | Permalink
©2003-until I'm fucking dead and then some. you steal my shit, and I will fuck with you like you were a lonely shepherd's slowest sheep.
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