I am a Ms Word 2010 ‘specialist’ who use hundreds of autocorrect entries for my native language, Afrikaans, which needs diacritical signs, and also use some macros. (Win 8.1 OS, mouse on desktop). I have been with Ms Word since 1989 (remember the brave Word for Dos 4 and 5?). What are the pros for and cons against switching to Open Office? My previous short experience, about 5 years ago with Open Source’s Word Processor was that it was rather clumsy and less developed than Ms Word. Is it as user-friendly and intuitive as Word? I am doing text editing all the time. I paid for Win 8.1 and a new box 4 months ago, and should be willing to pay for Open Source as well. And yes: I will have to completely change my platform (steep learning curve): Bye Windows 8.1, bye Windows-only programs. Hopefully Linux will talk to my 4 years old Canon MF 4350 three in one Printer, which Win 8.1 flatly refuses to do…
