On 08/04/2017 05:51 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:28:57 -0700 (PDT) > Rich Shepard <[email protected]> dijo: > >> I think I've found a solution: KDE's office suite called 'calligra.' It, >> too, has more than I'd ever use and has a cluttered display (at least >> in the 'Sheet' tool), but it uses the .ods/.odt format so I assume it >> will import/export M$ Office documents, too. And, it's part of the >> Slackware distribution, too. >> >> And, ... (pay attention, John) it recognizes all installed fonts!! >> >> So, I'll get used to running calligra and remove LO. > > My understanding is that Calligra can read MS Office documents but not > write to them. >
LO has the benefit of being able to r/w MS Word docs directly, both older .doc and newer .docx. docx is MS version of ODF (open document format). Newer MS Word can read ODF natively. > On the other hand a few years ago I was at PSU and needed to open an > .odt document that I had on a thumb drive. Unfortunately, PSU stopped > putting OO/LO on their computers some time ago, so I assumed that I was > stuck. Slightly OT, but when I am stuck having to use a Windows box somewhere, I carry a FAT32 USB thumb drive with portable versions of F/OSS apps and utilities: https://portableapps.com/ Reputable site that has been around for a long time. Good stuff. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
