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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
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One person doesn't like the way something is done so they bring out this  http://openofficemouse.com/pr110609.html_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
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_________________ He fights for the users.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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Looking at the absence of thumb buttons, I suppose lefties don't qualify for open source elitism. The sad thing is, I know one or two people who would probably buy one. 
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finlay666
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There isn't a thumb button... there is a thumb joystick apparently!  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: IoW
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Oh, of course! I should have known. 
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phobos
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Is it ok to say....Open Office is an abomination ?
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Nick
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Location: Portsmouth
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The only thing I like about that mouse is the flash memory. That's a nice idea - I often switch between machines but use the same mouse.
Other than that it's complete crap - just like OpenOffice itself! Pages ftw.
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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The mouse appears to not be open source though...
And if it was, you'd be allowed to change it to suit your needs!
As to OpenOffice, it's a brilliant product for the price. It's stable, a little sluggish, but is packed with most of the features I certainly need from a word processor and spreadsheet application, though I'll agree that the presentation application, like PowerPoint, leaves a lot to be desired!
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Nick
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Location: Portsmouth
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That's what Keynote is for.  _________________
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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OO's definitely a little sluggish on my netbook (takes ages to load, right click menu isn't much better etc), though I appreciate a netbook isn't the best testing ground _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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It isn't very stable on long documents - it doesn't crash, but it stops applying formatting when you change a paragraph style, for example; then the only option is to quit and restart OO.o.
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paulzolo
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Alarmingly, I am reminded of the Quinkey thing you could get for the BBC Micro. http://cylob.blogspot.com/2008/01/quinkey.htmlhttp://www.naec.org.uk/artefacts/photos ... y.JPG/viewThat was a real PITA to get the hang of. We had one at school, and you used your hand to “squeeze” the letter shape, and it appeared on the screen. I think that £49.95 was the biggest waste of money the IT teacher ever made.
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