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 - Requires Java to runThis has to be the worst office suite I have ever used. It caused my computer to crash because of java. Since this episode, I have purchased MS Office and spent even more money. Do yourself a favor and just use software that works. MS Office 2003 is like a life saver! Rating:  - It's a lot like Microsoft Office was in 1994StarOffice 7 is a good basic package that has some neat twists to it. The files products are actually XML and the sxw file format is a an archive file that's compatible with the ZIP utilities. On the whole, it works well. There can be some oddities though when you save files as Microsoft Office documents. I've had a number of people find the files get ... a bit rearranged when opened in different versions of Office. The interface is a bit nicer than with OpenOffice, but OpenOffice 1.1 seems more stable on my various Linux systems. (...) Rating:  - Careful when reading the reviews on this product....Disclaimer: I don't own this product. I gave it an average rating because of this. Having read all of the reviews on this product, I've noticed that on the negative reviews there are consistencies in grammar that are hard to explain if they were written by different people. Check for yourself against this phrase: "...Java which is slow and buggy..." Leads me to believe that MS employees are posting reviews of a competitors product. Rating:  - What a great deal! (Students/Educators: plz read!)Much better value than other bloated productivity suites by by the leading monopolies. True, it doesn't convert everything perfectly, but such is life -- in most cases all you need is a few minutes to adjust the settings to however you see fit. Bravo to Amazon.com for a great deal on this software! (For individual students and educators with broadband: Browse Sun's website for StarOffice 7.) Rating: - The Good is Great and the Not-so-good is AwfulI've only used StarOffice 7 for a couple of weeks now. I got MS Office XP 2003 a few months ago and have been satisfied with it, especially with how well documents scan into Word. Since they came with my computer, I also have Wordperfect 11 and Quattro Pro 11. The only reason I got StarOffice was to be able to convert long WordPerfect files that need reworking. I haven't had any trouble whatsoever opening my Word and Wordperfect files with Writer. I also find that Writer is easier to use than Word. However, documents scanned into Writer turn out so poorly that they are unusable, and for some reason I'm not 'allowed' to scan into Word anymore(!). Calc is a real problem for me. I like and use both Excel and Quattro Pro, but now my Excel files open with configuration changes and they will not return Excel format. It's worse with Quattro Pro. Not only can I not open my existing files; since installing StarOffice, I can't open Quattro Pro itself! StarOffice's automatic format changing was somebody's very bad idea. Format changing should be an available option, not an uncontrollable inevitability. And both Writer and Calc open very slowly. As I said, I just got StarOffice a short time ago. I'm hoping that a call or two to Tech Support will help iron out the problems. If not, I will have to uninstall it, unfortunately, as I need reliable scanning and spreadsheet capabilities.
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