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		eitland on June 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Richard Dreyfuss' dramatic reading of the iTunes E... Excel has been top notch for as long as I've been using it. For word processing however I've found OOo Writer a better alternative since it was renamed from Star Office. (Ever tried sharing >25 page .doc with more than one person over a few weeks?)

Jd on June 9, 2011 [–]

I think Microsoft Word excels for the power user. My guess that once you get into advanced functions mail merge, change tracking, word art, etc. you will find that Microsoft's version has a lot more functionality and is easier to use.

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