On Monday 11 March 2002 05:30 am, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: > > What do you think StarOffice and OpenOffice do? I haven't found a > > ppt,xls, or doc file that it can't read yet, keeping the format intact. > > There is more to word docs than just the text and its formatting. Once > you have grasped that you will realise that NON of the linux > wordprocessors open word docs to anything more than the most basic > standard.
Good point, Rick I agree that there is a big difference between "opening a doc" and using a word processor It is common here to assume the former is the latter. I still use MS Word on a word doc and WordPerfect on a WordPerfect doc and now I will use Abiword on an Abiword doc. I have to do this so that office types don't have to sort out the resulting problems. Talk about usability after you try to take a doc to abiword or kword with normal office letterheads and imbedded graphics (as most arrive with), add an edit or comment, and shoot it back to the sender. Same scenario with other Windows apps I have to use. So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box. So what? I have several different wrenches in my tool shed also. Lee -- Registered Linux user #223705
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