You need to change CSS HTML documents prior to importing them into StarOffice. If a file is first exported to Excel format and then reimported in StarOffice Calc, some formatting may be lost. Avoid such conversions if possible, or watch out for these and reapply the formatting changes. File extensions StarOffice Calc does not support changing the file extensions of the files it creates. If this extension conflicts with other programs, you have to check to see if the other programs can support different extensions.
Most end users employ only a small fraction of the available features in an office suite.
StarOffice offers more than enough features for most end users. If your firm is in that category and you are contemplating migrating to StarOffice, then you'll have to investigate the cost of modifying these solutions as part of your total cost of ownership. Impact of StarOffice 5.2 StarOffice does not have any unique features that users really want that are not already in Microsoft Office. As such, StarOffice is unlikely to make an impact based on product features alone. However, StarOffice could make an impact due to Sun's marketing strategy.