2008/12/10 Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I exaggerated. But my professors still send files in Word with >> complex, unneeded formating that OOo 3 cannot handle. They use >> Mathtype, too, which even normal Word cannot read. I have asked them >> time and again for PDFs. Their answer is that the university >> (Technion) proves MS Windows and Office for free to my faculty. > > Have you tried other options like AbiWord and KOffice? I just read > somewhere (probably linmagazine or whatsup) that the new version of > AbiWord is even better at supporting latest MS formats. >
Koffice 1.x makes ruins the formmating completely, but I intend on trying again in 2.x. I have not looked at Abiword in years but I will try it again, thanks for the suggestion. > Also have you checked crossover office support? I think it's a bit > ahead of the plain WINE project and doesn't cost to much (actually was > given for free in a sale about a month ago). > Crossover (and Wine in general) do not have satisfactory RTL support. Most of my documents are in Hebrew. > Also worst case if you must access MSO then another option is to run > Windows in a VMWare. > If I wanted to pirate or buy MS Windows, then that would be an option. While I would love to buy MS Office (if it ran on Linux) because I really think that it is a great program, I will not pay for MS Windows as I think that it is terrible software. And I do not pirate. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
