On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 18:17, Harald Sundt wrote:
> Linux conversion path.....I need suggestions

> 
> Take this List:
> 
> WordPerfect 3.5e---------- "What Linux Program?"

While not fully open-source, I am very fond of ApplixWare. It converts
most MS Office documents, and reads WordPerfect files, and writes to
many formats, including 3 different versions of WordPerfect.

> Photoshop ---------------- "What Linux Program?"

You'll probably get a lot of votes for The Gimp with this - from what I
understand, it is more then capable of anything that Photoshop can do.
My experience has been that it is a steeper learning curve coming from
earlier versions of Photoshop - any version of Photoshop after about
version 5 should be an easier curve.

> Acrobat-Distiller -------- "What Linux Program?"

I have recently discovered the beauty of Lyx as a document editor.
(www.lyx.org) It does an incredible job of exporting to .pdf files (I
can provide a sample if you like) and is quite easy to use.


That's just a start on the effortless export I've found. I can't speak
for the other programs that you're trying to match - but I'm sure you'll
hear from others.

For background, I was a Windows user until Jan/Feb. I've converted over
almost completely, and have started writing up technical docs in these
Linux programs.

Oh, and I've spent all of about $60 on software since then.

--PC


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