So, on a couple of recommendations from friends, I thought I’d give OpenOffice a try. So far I’m very impressed; it’s able to open and correctly display a presentation I did with PowerPoint 2003 complete with animations and sound effects, and it has no problems with the Word or Excel files I’ve thrown at it. User interface still doesn’t seem as user friendly as MS Office, but perhaps that’s something I need to get used to.

I’ll give it a bit more air time before I install it for the other users on the PC; Louise’s needs are fairly basic word processing so she should find it okay, she might not even tell the difference. Euan doesn’t know how to type his name yet so he’ll take whatever he’s given without knowing any better (or worse).