Thank you Sab, for linking me to things on OS2world I am already aware of! Im so glad that you have a working JRE and SWT and you are using Lotus Symphony right now! I said that OO is our only option really, and that is because we dont have other options that exist right now. Sure, Lotus Suite from god knows how long ago is a great tool for general document work, but in an environment where all my work is disseminated in DOC/DOCX, or PPT etc, it holds no value for me. Open Office can work with these formats, and for that, it holds value.
Now, for DOCX, its a great format. Its typically half the size of the same document in DOC, and about 1/3 the size of the same document in ODF.
Lucide is fast, its a great tool. However, it doesn't support everything Adobe Reader does, and I have run across some documents it can not render. For a fast reader for Windows, use Foxit. It beats Adobe PDF 10 to 1.
DJ, as for the new Office, I am not a fan of the ribbon, but its okay. I use OfficeXP for this reason. However, the newer offices have good support for things that I need to do and make it very easy to do so, for instance, Pivot tables, which I use a lot in my ecological work.
But again, whatever works for you. I think its great we have so many bounties sitting here. But some have not been worked on, for years. I would like to link you to a discussion here about improving the bounty system and dealing with its downfalls, but I think its irritating how you love to link to random stuff Sab, so I will restrain myself. You know where to find that discussion.
To surmise, we have a ton of great projects that are not making progress, and the intent to progress does NOT equal progress, and so, we are dealing with stagnation. It's quite simple really.