# OpenOffice, should I upgrade?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openoffice-should-i-upgrade/399918>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openoffice-should-i-upgrade/399918 "2007-04-13T06:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openoffice-should-i-upgrade/399918/1 "2007-04-13T06:02:49Z")

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I’ve been using OpenOffice for a while now and currently have version 2.0.3 on my computer. The latest version is 2.2.0. Should I upgrade? If not, what bennies will I be missing?

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**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/openoffice-should-i-upgrade/399918/2 "2007-04-13T07:17:45Z")

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I have been using OpenOffice Portable - version 2.0.4 I think - which means I’m also curious about the upgrade. **Monty** , I would say go for it, but before you do, save the old version somewhere (a flash drive) and then if you want to go back, you can easily uninstall the new version and bring the old back. That is probably going to be my course of action in a week or two.

Let me know how it goes with the upgrade.

Brendon