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 - Life after installing this nightmareNeedless to say, after installing this Office Suite made by Sun my problems began. It does require Java to be downloaded for it to work correctly and the screen fonts are one word 'horrible'. If you need to save money or on a budge go ahead and buy Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition or you can get it when you buy a new pc. I will use these Star Office cd's as coasters on my computer desk. Rating:  - What Sarah Reynolds doesn't know...What Sarah Reynolds doesn't realize is that the cells were NOT converted into # symbols, but that the data in those cells was too wide to display. All she had to do was resize those cells/columns, and all of the data would have been visible. However, this is what happens when you live in a Microsoft-run world...you become LAZY. Anyway, I've used StarOffice 7 and OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 (the open-source, free version of StarOffice). They both feature absolutely rediculous amounts of perfect compatibility with Microsoft Office-created documents. In fact, eWeek magazine recently performed a test on migrating from Office 2000 and Office 97 to OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 and Microsoft Office 2003. The only time OpenOffice (once again, the open-source and free version of StarOffice) failed to convert something properly was when a highly complex Excel document was opened by OpenOffice. What I'm trying to say, is that the claims about StarOffice having "no functionality" or that it messes up documents are completely untrue. In fact, all I use is open-source software like OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox for web browsing and Mozilla Thunderbird for e-mail...not a single Microsoft component on this system except for Windows XP. Rating: - No functionalityTo sum this up in two words, 'no functionality'... If want your data to be converted over incorrectly, datalost, and java script errors this is for you. I will always use MS Office to prepare my information, this was a disaster. Rating: - Nothing but problemsAnyone who writes reviews on StarOffice as excellent have not used this 'office_suite'. For starters when converting files from MS Excel it converts some columns to '#' signs. This is a great concern because this was my billing cycle that was messed up because of this. Next the whole deal with SLOW loading, plus it gets some java run-time errors. Then I started getting java script errors, to say the least it messed up my workstations and I had to re-load the operating system on another. If you want files that are incomplete, data that is missing, or overall total file destruction this is for you. Rating: - No email client and java is very buggyAfter using this I came to the conclusion you get what you pay for. This does not include an email client, so therefore this not complete. Plus, you have to download java and the buttons are impossible to read in the applications like writer and so on. If possible I would give this a negative 5 star rating, so in closing I purchased Microsoft Office 2003 and I am very pleased with it.
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