I've been using Open Office almost exclusively (over MS Office) for the last three years on both Windows and Linux. For basic day to day tasks OO works very we

I've been using Open Office almost exclusively (over MS Office) for the last three years on both Windows and Linux. For basic day to day tasks OO works very well. If you want to accomplish something more esoteric, you can probably do it(and there might be more than one way), but you will have to look at external help sites, and that might take some time. Then again, trickier things in MS Office might take some time to learn, as well.