Citizens can file their complaints via the website and by telephone, but also in person. They deal with problems with the Tax Department, the Public Prosecution Service, the police, the Public Bodies and the National Office for the Caribbean Netherlands (‘Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland’). Eustatius and Saba who have complaints about the government can consult the Dutch National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen and his staff (referred to in Papiamento as ‘defensor del pueblo BES’). Eustatius to deal with complaints about the government. They will hold open office hours on Bonaire, Saba and St. If you need to collaborate with others on those files, though, there are other office alternatives that make it much easier.In late March and early April 2017, investigators of the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands will pay a working visit to the Caribbean Netherlands. If you just need to work with Microsoft Office formats, and you don’t mind what some would consider a dated interface, Open Office has all the comprehensive formatting and functionality you need.
MS Office’s tight integration with OneDrive and Outlook allows you to easily share and work on files with others without leaving the respective program. Where Open Office diverges from Microsoft’s productivity suite is in collaboration. You can also export files to PDF from all three programs. But those instances usually only require minor tweaks to correct.
Occasionally, it will hiccup as when it removed all the embedded images from a Word doc I had open. It does so flawlessly most of the time, even with complexly formatted documents like resumes and multi-column newsletters. Open Office has excellent compatibility with Office formats and can export to PDF from all three apps.īy default, Open Office uses the Open Document standard for native files, but you can change it to save to Microsoft formats, and it can read and write existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.