Office shootout: OpenOffice.org Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint, round 2

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 2, 2007 7:31 AM EDT
Linux.com; By Bruce Byfield
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How does the current version of OpenOffice.org (OOo) compare with Microsoft Office in its ability to produce slide presentations? The last time I tried to answer that question, two years ago, both OOo Impress and Microsoft PowerPoint had features that the other lacked. To see how the two programs compare now, I installed Microsoft Office 2007 and OpenOffice.org 2.3, and went through the process of designing a slide show from start to finish. To my surprise, the results were more decisive than in my last comparison. They're not enough to award a knockout victory, but, even based on points, the winner is clear.

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