Agreed. I have read and heard that Office 2007 is total bloat-ware and causes numerous impassable problems, and this came to me via the owner of our company so it's good to see he's on the ball.
If you can create the Access database using a MySQL compatible database then OpenOffice should work with it, although I have never tried it myself. I just created my database using the OpenOffice recommended database format (probably MySQL).Having said that, does anyone know a database program that works with Access?
Problems might occur when you try loading your database into Access, as while everyone else bends over backwards to make things open and compatible, MS and their "compatible" spiel seem to bend over backwards to make Windows and all of their associated software as incompatible with non-MS software as they think they can get away with. Also MS has the STUPIDEST menu layout of any software I've ever used! They hide menus all over the system where you least expect it. Sorry, almost went off on one there!