In my experience, OpenOffice isn't 100% compatible with MSOffice docs. Since the majority of the people I work with use MSOffice for docs and presentations, I must be able to work with these formats too. Justification for my decision aside, I am having some issues with, well all the apps after installation. I have a twin monitor setup which seems to cause problems when opening word or excel. The apps open, but only half the window appears and I cant resize it or drag it to the first monitor. No big deal, though, I disconnected my second monitor and Word and Excel seem to work fine when there is only one monitor. Any advice? I am using an nvidia 9200M with "twin view". This is the MUCH larger concern because Powerpoint is the PRIMARY reason I am installing. Powerpoint doesnt' open at all. The MS splash screen flashes briefly then nothing happens. Second attempt, wine asks if I would like to open in safe mode, "yes", with same result. Third time, wine asks about debugging mode, I again say yes, and nothing else happens. Did this produce a bug report? Maybe someone could tell me where to look for it so I can provide it on a subsequent post? My gut tells me this is related to the twin view setup I have since powerpoint needs to know details about your monitor setup to properly display presentations.
