On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scott Loveless wrote:
>
>> I haven't used an office suite of any sort for several years.  Since
>> Google introduced Docs, I haven't used a local word processor at all.
>> Though, I do keep Abiword installed just in case.  Gedit and vi see
>> some use for editing plain text files.  Just after OpenOffice became
>> available I used it to create a "power point" presentation.  It was
>> nearly unusable.  The resulting files were so large that it just
>> wouldn't work on my hardware.  However, it did just fine opening
>> existing Power Point presentations.  I hear it's gotten better.

Man, am i ever glad i drive a bus now. Turn the key and go to work.

VBG

Dave
>
> There was a major overhaul released this week. Big, big improvements.
>
> All a really *need* from MS Office now is one particular function in Excel:
> The ability to export preformatted plain text. So I'm keeping Excel 97(!)
> and dumping everything else.
>
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