Hi folks, Just to correct a misunderstanding - Staroffice 5.2 does not take over your desktop, at least not on Solaris or Windows. I have been using it for well over a year as a separate window. You may need to change the view - I forget exactly how to do it just now, but it was very easy at the time.
Cheers, David ----- >Subject: Re: OpenOffice >From: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-List-Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Majordomo 1.92 >X-Sender: "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 09:37, Mark Komarinski wrote: >> OO is much better than 5.2. >> >> OO doesn't want to take over the desktop like 5.2 did. That's the >> biggest thing. On the down side, there is some functionality missing, >> most notably the database access and much of the clipart. I don't >> need either, so it doesn't bother me. > >Not taking over the desktop is a big thing for me. My main system is a >laptop, so my resources are limited, and the SO Desktop is a major >resource-hog. I don't need the DB stuff or the clipart either. My usage >is mostly just as a general purpose office suite: word processing, >spreadsheets, presentations, etc. Also, generally speaking, I need to >share these documents with M$ Office users, so the ability to save in an >M$ format is the key point. > >> Depending on how large the document is, you may want to just use >> DocBook and generate PDF. Then again, you can generate RTF (the >> base of DOC) from DocBook as well. > >When I do large documents that are going to change frequently, such as >documenting my network procedures, etc., I use Lyx. I don't have to >share those docs with anyone, and they all get printed out and put into >a binder in case anyone needs them. I don't know much about DocBook. > >Thanks, >Kenny >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >"Tact is just *not* saying true stuff" -- Cordelia Chase > >Kenneth E. Lussier >Sr. Systems Administrator >Zuken, USA >PGP KeyID CB254DD0 >http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCB254DD0 > > > >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
