Thing #18

Open Office actually feels "cleaner" and less complicated than Microsoft Word. I haven't use a Mac in a very long time, but the Open Office products give me that there is less behind the scenes, less layers of code or something, the same feel that I used to get from using Mac office tools. I really like the PDF feature! With Microsoft products I have to "print" my documents to our "Cute Printer" in order to make PDF's. Now I can make PDF's at home, where I don't have a Cute Printer installed. Open Office also seems an extremely economical way for people to get word processing tools, especially in these economic times and for our less-advantaged schools. This discovery session has been another eye-opener for me.