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Fifth Element: All-in-one office suite, no flying taxi cabs
by Brad Linder Mar 14th 2008 at 11:00AM
If you're looking for a robust office suite, you're not going to find anything here that you won't find in OpenOffice.org. While there are tools to create and modify spreadsheets and text-based documents, Fifth Element does a pretty poor job of importing documents created with newer versions of Microsoft Office. For example, the SpreadForm application will let you open XLS files, but good luck opening anything newer than an Excel 5 spreadsheet.
But if compatibility with Microsoft Office doesn't matter to you, Fifth Element does provides a ton of useful applications, including a system monitor, address book, image editing software, an envelope printing utility, and even a chess game.
[via GoOrange and PC World]
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Bobbimo said 11:15AM on 3-14-2008
Downloaded and tried it yesterday. Could not open .xls files even when .xls was set as default. Useless for me.
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jeorane said 4:30PM on 3-14-2008
Do not download it! Do not waste your time!
It is a trash!
It is made with Delphi.
Open Office is a lot better.
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George Peterson said 7:33AM on 2-24-2009
The office suite was not designed for compatibility, but instead for usability. Everyone needs usable applications for their own computers, most people do not need to share their creations with everybody else.
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