WRT to compatibility, it's mostly there, but not completely there.
From my perspective, it's good enough software (my fastest machine at home is a Cyrix MII 300 and it runs fine on that. The AMD 233 is a bit slower but that's mostly related to a lack of memry. (SO takes a minimum of 50MB.)
The biggest problems are layout/typeface issues, and views. If I'm using Type 1 fonts on my Linux box, then move my doc to Office, the fonts probably don't translate well. Layout is affected.
If I edit a powerpoint presentation in SO, I have the same layout issues and also have things like the outline view appear different when I open it again in Powerpoint.
HOWEVER - it's good enough for schools and home! My wife uses SO exclusively for documents and presentations and finds it to be VERY helpful. If you're not bouncing back and forth between platforms it works extremely well.
If you do need to preserve layout, there's always ps2pdf which allows you to lock down the layout in pdf format.
SOffice and compatibility (Score:2)
WRT to compatibility, it's mostly there, but not completely there.
From my perspective, it's good enough software (my fastest machine at home is a Cyrix MII 300 and it runs fine on that. The AMD 233 is a bit slower but that's mostly related to a lack of memry.
(SO takes a minimum of 50MB.)
The biggest problems are layout/typeface issues, and views.
If I'm using Type 1 fonts on my Linux box, then move my doc to Office, the fonts probably don't translate well. Layout is affected.
If I edit a powerpoint presentation in SO, I have the same layout issues and also have things like the outline view appear different when I open it again in Powerpoint.
HOWEVER - it's good enough for schools and home! My wife uses SO exclusively for documents and presentations and finds it to be VERY helpful. If you're not bouncing back and forth between platforms it works extremely well.
If you do need to preserve layout, there's always ps2pdf which allows you to lock down the layout in pdf format.
Works for me. Just my