>But after all the hassles of installing it I was very quickly
>disappointed... it *still* doesn't understand word-8 (office-97) files, and
>this is the standard word-file format used all over the campus here :-(
>(It also doesn't understand excel files from m$o97 either).
>
>Good news is that the latest Applixware can understand m$o97, so I'll be
>taking the boss out for a "liquid lunch" very soon to try to talk him into
>getting it for us... :)
Also good news is that StarOffice 5.0 will be out for Linux shortly.
Although they've delayed 5.0 PreFinal for Linux, the completed product
is slated to be available on 15th October, and yes, it does handle
Office 97 docs.
http://www.stardivision.com/office/news_releaseplan.html
Tet
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