Advantages: Well paid and varied role
Disadvantages: Can't really become an "Office Director"

...An Office Manager can sometimes be seen as the most important person in a company. You may not agree with that statement but you can't disagree that a good Office Manager will help to run a business more smoothly. To summarise an Office Manager's role one could say that their main function is to supervise or manage the administrative functions to make an office run more efficiently. WHAT DOES ONE DO? There is no real job description set in stone for this role as duties vary greatly depending on size of company and industry sector you're working in. A typical Office Manager will have some key functions which can include most of the following areas of responsibility: • Ordering and monitoring stationery • Liaising with landlords • Looking after incoming and outgoing post (not specifically dealing... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap as chips
Disadvantages: it's not Office

...According to our friends at Amazon, a copy of Microsoft Office costs a cool 416 quid (at time of writing) while the professional version costs over 500! That is a lot of money to write letters and run the odd spreadsheet. Until very recently the only competitor to Office was IBM's Lotus Smartsuite product. Having used both, I personally don’t think that Smartsuite is as good a product as Office, however the latest IBM version still retails at around 400 pounds! Both companies do a 'cut down' version, mainly for OEM computer resellers. However, these versions tend to be delivered net of manuals or any other assists. Enter SUN Microsystems allegorically dressed in shimmering silver armor astride a milk-white charger... Please don't misunderstand my apparent hero worship here; while I consider what SUN has done to be a 'good thing', I do... Read review

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Advantages: funny, different, great performances from cast
Disadvantages: an acquired taste

..."Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do. " When Ricky Gervais first appeared on "The Eleven O'Clock Show", I thought he was occasionally funny but mostly offensive. As far as I know, he was playing a character when he was on the show, but my overall impression was "fat, racist git". I didn't find him particularly hilarious. When I heard about "The Office", the comedy set in the office of a Slough-based paper merchants, I wasn't particularly interested in ever watching it. Co-written by Gervais and Stephen Marchant, and co-starring Gervais, I just didn't expect much from it. Then, one night, there was nothing else on tv apart from an episode of "The Office". Reluctantly, I sat down to watch it - and within about five minutes, I was completely hooked. A convert to "The Office" cause, I would... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent range, excellent prices.
Disadvantages: Only delivers to mainland UK

...www.office-world.co.uk Whether you are a large business, sole trader, work from home, student or a parent sorting the kids out for school, Office World have something for everyone. Office World to date has approximately 60 stores throughout the mainland UK, telephone and fax ordering facilities and recently has launched their website office-world.co.uk. EASE OF USE All products can be located either by visiting the relevant department or by using the search facility. The search facility will bring up results by subdividing each category allowing you choose the best option for you. Should browsing through web pages not be the thing for you, you can either pick up a catalogue in store or request one to be sent out to you free online. You can then order over the phone or online using catalogue numbers. The My Account facility allows... Read review

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Advantages: looks good, they have ironed out little 'niggles'
Disadvantages: none really, probably price!

...I have just been shown Microsoft’s newest version of ‘Office’ – Office XP which will be released to the general public on May 31st 2001. The XP stands for eXPerience, or so we were told. Cheesiness aside, it all looked rather good. This opinion is written for people with a working knowledge of Office already, as if I described the Office suite and also said what’s new in XP you would still be reading at Christmas! So here is what’s new to tempt you into Microsoft Office XP. Firstly, they have been rather clever in the anti-piracy stakes. As you purchase your Office package, install it on your PC, you then need to ‘activate’ it. It will allow you to get started immediately and not activate if you wish but you only have 50 launches, so as you are nearing your deadline it prompts... Read review

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Advantages: free, easy to use, great for produce PDF document
Disadvantages: none for me

...Do you fancy a good, free office software suite? If you answer "yes", OpenOffice.org might be one you can have a look. I'm using the latest version of OpenOffice.org 2.1, which you can download free from www.openoffice.org. It includes OpenOffice.org Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math and Writer. OpenOffice.org combines its 6 tool suites very well. You can easily open a new window for spreadsheet when you are in Writer environment.