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[Bug 644150] Re: Slideshow for OpenOffice states OOo is "fully compatible" with Microsoft Office which is not true

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From: Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:15:09 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 644150 <644150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Slideshow for OpenOffice states OOo is "fully compatible" with
  Microsoft Office which is not true

Status in Installer Slideshows for Ubuntu & friends:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  The slide for OpenOffice in Ubiquity (viewing now on the Netbook ISO
  Wubi install) says:

  OpenOffice.org is fully compatible with Microsoft Office" and that is
  not true.

  It is "mostly" compatible... or somewhat compatible, but not fully
  compatible due to Microsoft's heavy use of VBscript and such in Office
  tools like Access and Excel.

  Also, MS Word docs do not always render properly in OO and vice versa
  due to some variance in how the configurations for each document type
  is handled.

  This is a very common complaint about using OpenOffice and saying that
  it is "fully compatible" is not accurate.

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