Vista with Microsoft Office.

[Blodrast]

Well, it appears to work. This settles several problems. One question: Do you know if a file created in an OpenOffice program will open in an Microsoft Office program?

It depends. I use MS office and OO all the time, and for power point presentations, things do NOT migrate well between the two - in either direction.
Now, this may be different for certain versions of office vs. certain versions of OO (i.e., if you try all possible combinations, maybe there exists one that works ok), but for the ones I've tried (I think, MS office 2k and 2003, and OO 1.1, IIRC), no.

I don't use word, but for excel charts I've also had problems. So, in conclusion, in my experience, the answer is no.

[Husar]

Pretty weird since OO Writer can save in Word format. But yeah, haven't really tested it, just sent a few files to other people which seemed to work.

[Blodrast]

I don't use word

Apologies for quoting myself, but I am just stressing a point here. My post referred strictly to excel (especially charts) and power point presentations.