Hi Craig,<br><br>We have been using Office 2007 for the past 6 months.
We had to make some modifications to make the default file type
compatible with older Office versions and we have had to train staff
and public on some of the differences but everyone seems to be
adjusting. Also, we are lucky we purchased new computers recently so
the RAM issue hasn't been a problem. If you can add more memory that
would probably fix that problem.<br>
<br>Nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Craig Heaton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heatoncr@oplin.org">heatoncr@oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello,<br>
I'm wondering how many library systems are offering Microsoft Office 2007 on<br>
their public workstations? If you aren't, what alternatives do you offer?<br>
An older version of Office? A version of OpenOffice?<br>
<br>
We are considering installing it onto the public workstations, but I'm<br>
reluctant to do so as it has been problematic for us on the staff<br>
workstations (resoure hog which requires us to increase installed base of<br>
RAM, interactions with our catalog software and other Java based apps,<br>
corruption of data tables, etc.).<br>
<br>
Craig Heaton<br>
System Administrator<br>
Clermont County Public Library<br>
<a href="mailto:heatoncr@oplin.org">heatoncr@oplin.org</a><br>
<br>
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