Why?

faq
flatforty
contribute
subscribe
configure
search
rdf

main
parent

Why?
by Anonymous Coward on Thursday 20/Jul/2006, @17:13

Why use this over OpenOffice?

Related Links

·   Articles on KDE Office Suite
·   Also by Anonymous Coward
·   Contact author

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )

Re: Why?
by Paul Eggleton on Friday 21/Jul/2006, @00:05

Because it integrates better with KDE, its applications start up faster, and in the case of Krita, Kexi and KPlato, because there is no equivalent application in OpenOffice.org or the equivalent is not nearly as good.

I have both on my machine but I prefer to use KOffice where possible because of these things.

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: Why?
by Bouke Woudstra on Saturday 22/Jul/2006, @11:25

Openoffice is slow as a dog and also uses a lot of memory. Besides the pop-ups in Writer everytime when I click in a table are a pain in the ass. There are other pop-ups too, but as I don't often open it, I can't tell you what they are.

Koffice doesn't do this, it just does what it is told to do. And that's is perfect with me. A lot of people have difficulties with openoffice/ms-office because office 'knows' what their user wants and does things automatically. But what if the user doesn't want this behaviour at all? They cry for help all the time.

Abiword does just fine too, but since I use KDE, Kword is my choice of preference.

[ Reply To This | View ]

The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )


		"In my free time I try to avoid computers as far as possible." -- Matthias Elter
KDE®, "K Desktop Environment", "KDE Dot News", "got the dot?" and the KDE Logo® are trademarks or registered trademarks of KDE e.V. in the European Union, the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster. The rest: Copyright © 2000-2008 KDE e.V. for The KDE Project. For further information or comments on this site, please contact the Webmaster.