downsides are that multimedia doesn't work as well in Impress as it does
in Powerpoint, but that looks a lot better this summer. I'm hoping to
see a significant improvement.
I would STONGLY recommend setting the default save formats as the Office
2003 formats. Also, get the plugins to save to the Microsoft OOXML
(Office 2007) formats. The transition to and from OOXML is not as
smooth as it should be and MS is re-writing the whole format to deal
with this. Thus, I would still default to the MS 2003 formats.
Lastly, Open Office (as opposed to Star Office) does not include clip
art. However, you can go get open clip art and then install it. They
you build the galleries and it's done. If you are interested, I have
one of our students build us a clip art gallery. Its open clip art, so
I'd be happy to share it.
Take care,
Alex
Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen Edele
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:12 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Open Office
I'm afraid I can't offer any advice because next year will be our first
using Open Office schoolwide, but this is to let you know that we are
removing Office and installing Open Office on all student and faculty
computers over the summer.
Stephen Edele
Head of School
The Harbor School
P.O. Box 1912
Vashon, WA 98070
206-567-5955
> I was wondering if any school has totally done away with using
Microsoft Office and switched totally to using Open Office. =20
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