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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject: OpenOffice |
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http://www.openoffice.org/
They reformatted our computers at work and didn't put MS Office back on. I don't touch that Hangul WordProcessor. Anyway, I loaded OpenOffice's Word clone. I'm damn impressed, actually. Bear in mind I started my typesetting on Ventura 1.1 on a DOS pc and I've been using a WP during the days of WordStar. I've seen a lot of alternatives to Word and Wordperfect in my day. I gotta say, what I've seen is impressive. Pretty much everything you enjoy in Word is in OpenOffice. Haven't played around with Macro function, though. That's the ultimate deal killer for me. If I can't write my own macros to automate tasks, the WP is of little use to me. But it looks like OpenOffice can use scripting languages like Javascript.
Anyway, instead of DLing a pirated copy of Word and run a virus risk, just DL OpenOffice for free. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| but you cant (or i just dont know how) transfer and open the document on another person's computer without it. Openoffice has no problems opening word documents though. |
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skindleshanks
Joined: 10 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| I usually use Open Office--my main peeve is that I can't "draw" a table with the mouse the way Word can. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:36 am Post subject: |
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I absolutely HATE the new Windows Office 2007. Especially with it all in Korean.
Totally re-worked program, and for what??? More money off of training programs?? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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You can install two versions of OpenOffice on your work computers; ensure you put them in different directories, of course. One version in English and the other in Koreean or whatever the local language is where you happen to be.
If you use OO, instead of saving your documents in MS Word format, save them in Rich Text Format. I convinced all the other teachers in my office (they all use that worthless Hangul Word program) to save their word processing documents in RTF and we're all much happier when we have to share documents.
I'm unsure what you mean, skindleshanks. OpenOffice Write has an icon on the toolbar where you can draw ("click and drag") a table. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| If you use OO, instead of saving your documents in MS Word format, save them in Rich Text Format. I convinced all the other teachers in my office (they all use that worthless Hangul Word program) to save their word processing documents in RTF and we're all much happier when we have to share documents. |
I'm always amazed by Koreans who think that .hwp extension is some kind of universal format. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I'm always amazed by Koreans who think that .hwp extension is some kind of universal format. |
Provincialism at its best (or worst), isn't it? Anyway, according to the Wiki article on the Hangul word processor program:
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| HWP files, up to the versions created with Hangul '97, can be opened with OpenOffice.org. |
I'm guessing that means a document created using a later version of HW and selecting "save as" HW97 or earlier may be viewable with OpenOffice. I'll give it a try next week.
Here is the Wiki's comparison of word processing programs. The table also indicates the type of license. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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What I most enjoyed from that Wiki article on the the HanWord program is how the company was going belly-up until the massive "Buy Korea!" (or whatever they called it) campaign saved them. Even Koreans thought it was worthless! Within at least the last three years, the government has been urging government offices to switch as many computer operations as they can to open source. It's amazing how people here turn their minds off when something is touted as "native Korean."
On the subject of open source programs, here is a good list. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| What I most enjoyed from that Wiki article on the the HanWord program is how the company was going belly-up until the massive "Buy Korea!" (or whatever they called it) campaign saved them. Even Koreans thought it was worthless! |
You left out the best part. They nearly went bankrupt because of wide spread piracy. The great unity of the Korean people...
Korea is in need of another 1997 financial crisis. A reminder that self sufficient societies are also subsistence societies. Look at North Korea. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Speaking of North Korea, anyone know what word-processing program is popular there?
On Edit: I think I found an answer.
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| Pyongyang program center and Chosun computer center develop or utilize more than 30 kinds of software such as Korean Front End Process | | |
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