so who wants to buy expensive MS Office licenses?

[jimnyeatworld]

i have created a google account and i have been tinkering with Google docs.
this is one great online application we have here. the word processor, spreadsheet, presentation editors are now on-line and it's FREE!

you get to have your own My docs folder online too. no more worrying if your files get lost in your hard drive and you can share your docs with multiple users. plus you can access and edit your documents in any computer whether you're in a i-cafe in bora, or a borrowed laptop abroad!

this is the FUTURE! imagine me working on a spreadsheet document, and then i save it to shared folder with my co-workers, and then they save and I load again the file for final edit



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM"]YouTube- Introducing a new Google Docs[/ame]

btw the spreadsheet app supports MS Excel's formulas. i just loaded my offline files and it read my tables and formulas with no error.

[ryel]

how safe naman ang mga documents mo pag i-save mo sa net? i'm worried lang kasi baka kopyahin ang pinaghirapan mong docs or spreadsheets na ipo-post mo dun.

[ess]

how safe naman ang mga documents mo pag i-save mo sa net? i'm worried lang kasi baka kopyahin ang pinaghirapan mong docs or spreadsheets na ipo-post mo dun.

I'd think your documents should be safe unless your Google (gmail) account is compromised.

Google docs also has a nice sharing function. This sharing function will allow you to make your document viewable (or editable) to other people. Hence, instead of sending your documents as an email attachment, you can just send the private link to your document.

[Altis6453]

how safe naman ang mga documents mo pag i-save mo sa net? i'm worried lang kasi baka kopyahin ang pinaghirapan mong docs or spreadsheets na ipo-post mo dun.

Short answer is, your documents are not secured if they are stored online.

Then again, if your main concern is the security and confidentiality of your documents, you wouldn't be using Google docs anyway. You'd be paying for software which creates and encrypts documents you make.

[roninblade]

i used this before to collaborate in writing a document when i was working in a virtual office a few year ago.

pero i agree, free online tools are not for business-sensitive documents. meron naman openoffice which is a great product; and it's also free.

[ghosthunter]

Why do it "online" when you can download & install a copy of OPENOFFICE?

It runs like MS Office for the most part and it's free!

In fact our entire office has been using OpenOffice for a couple of years now and have eliminated the need of the expensive to license MS Office entirely.

Old thread about openoffice vs ms office:
http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39903

[jimnyeatworld]

in my case naman, ang problema ko is storing office documents. I have a usb flash disk, an external disk and the drive d: partition of my laptop. kung minsan nagkakandalito-lito kung san ko na-save sa dami ng sine-save ko sa internet. minsan nasa downloads folder. and also yun problem ko na kung alin ang pinaka-updated na ms office files. yun nasa usb ba or yun nasa hdd

and lately, my brother and dad have been asking me to always reinstall their laptops tapos bigla magagalit na na-delete ko pala yun mga my documents nila. ako pa nasisi. so i guess this is a better solution. ilagay ko na lang yun files ko online. anyway, you can backup it naman to disk if you want. you can also print directly from the online google docs.

ang advantage na nakikita ko dito is dito sa office. dad creates a memo document tapos gusto nya ako mag-print tapos ibigay ko isa-isa sa employees. eh kung ganito na lang kaya, i require our employees to create a google account. i configure my dad's google account to have a shared folder, and then share that folder to our employees. no more printing, real time distribution pa

[Type 100]

Why do it "online" when you can download & install a copy of OPENOFFICE?

It runs like MS Office for the most part and it's free!

In fact our entire office has been using OpenOffice for a couple of years now and have eliminated the need of the expensive to license MS Office entirely.

Old thread about openoffice vs ms office:
http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39903

QFT.

One big upside of OpenOffice.org is that it doesn't use the Ribbon interface of MS Office 2007 and 2010, sticking instead to the older Office 2003 interface. Ribbon's utility has split opinion, mostly with longtime Office stalwarts who don't have the time or willingness to adapt to something changed arguably just for the heck of it.

OpenOffice's only real weakness is Impress, its presentation program. Doesn't hold a candle to PowerPoint.

[Negus]

How much does Microsoft Office cost nowadays?

iba na talaga ang panahon ngayon, Microsoft plays the underdog.

[ghosthunter]

in my case naman, ang problema ko is storing office documents. I have a usb flash disk, an external disk and the drive d: partition of my laptop. kung minsan nagkakandalito-lito kung san ko na-save sa dami ng sine-save ko sa internet. minsan nasa downloads folder. and also yun problem ko na kung alin ang pinaka-updated na ms office files. yun nasa usb ba or yun nasa hdd

and lately, my brother and dad have been asking me to always reinstall their laptops tapos bigla magagalit na na-delete ko pala yun mga my documents nila. ako pa nasisi. so i guess this is a better solution. ilagay ko na lang yun files ko online. anyway, you can backup it naman to disk if you want. you can also print directly from the online google docs.

ang advantage na nakikita ko dito is dito sa office. dad creates a memo document tapos gusto nya ako mag-print tapos ibigay ko isa-isa sa employees. eh kung ganito na lang kaya, i require our employees to create a google account. i configure my dad's google account to have a shared folder, and then share that folder to our employees. no more printing, real time distribution pa

If that is your problem, then it is not a software issue.

The problem is how you, your staff and your family manages your files and documents in your PCs and various storage medias.

As for re-installing a computer's OS, it is a natural question to ask if the user have backed-up all his important data & documents off the computer BEFORE proceeding with an full operating system re-install.

Again, this is NOT a software issue.

[ghosthunter]

How much does Microsoft Office cost nowadays?

iba na talaga ang panahon ngayon, Microsoft plays the underdog.

MS Office 2007 SBE (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) = P9,300.

[safeorigin]

*cough* I guess that's what happens when there's no competition

[Jun aka Pekto]

if you work for the US government or some corporations you get huge discounts. I got MS Office 2007 Enterprise and Mac Office 2008 for a grand total of $43 including shipping.

That said I also use Sun's Open Office (PC)/NeoOffice (for Mac).

[oj88]

I'm one of the early adopters and have been using MS Office 2010 for months now, even before it was formally introduced in the market.

All I can say is, you really get what you pay for. Openoffice pales in comparison, really! Just stating facts and not meaning to belittle openoffice users.

As for the ribbon thingie, it requires some getting used to. The good thing is, once you do get the hang of it, it is faster and easier to work with compared to the drop-down menu-type approach of Office 2003 and earlier.

[Type 100]

if you work for the US government or some corporations you get huge discounts. I got MS Office 2007 Enterprise and Mac Office 2008 for a grand total of $43 including shipping.

This is for a volume license?

[roninblade]

I'm one of the early adopters and have been using MS Office 2010 for months now, even before it was formally introduced in the market.

All I can say is, you really get what you pay for. Openoffice pales in comparison, really! Just stating facts and not meaning to belittle openoffice users.

As for the ribbon thingie, it requires some getting used to. The good thing is, once you do get the hang of it, it is faster and easier to work with compared to the drop-down menu-type approach of Office 2003 and earlier.

exactly which features in MS Office are better than the free alternatives. I'm just curious because I've only used the most basic features of any MS/OO/Neo office application.

[ghosthunter]

exactly which features in MS Office are better than the free alternatives. I'm just curious because I've only used the most basic features of any MS/OO/Neo office application.

Given the fact that you (and many others) only use the basic features found in "Office Suites" packages, won't it benefit the end-user to go to the open license solution instead of paying thousands of pesos for software features never actually used?

[roninblade]

Given the fact that you (and many others) only use the basic features found in "Office Suites" packages, won't it benefit the end-user to go to the open license solution instead of paying thousands of pesos for software features never actually used?

no argument here buddy. just wondering about the better features since he mentioned 'you get what you pay for'.

[Type 100]

Truth be told, if you're a longtime power user of MS Office and have the cash for a 2010 license, then by all means buy it and stick with it. Yes there are some advanced features that are missing in OpenOffice.org 3.2.

BUT...who can honestly claim that they're an MS Office power user? I've grown up using various versions of Office (I started with 4.3) and while I've managed to use some of its undoubtedly powerful capabilities I can safely say I haven't mastered its ins and outs yet - especially with Excel. For 85-90% of people OpenOffice.org 3.2 delivers everything they'll ever need.

I use MS Office 2007 at work and I've slowly gotten used to the Ribbon interface. Okey naman pero may learning curve talaga.

Also case in point: DLSU has pretty much scrapped MS Office and it's using OpenOffice.org instead.

[renzo_d10]

Hi, GM.