Re: Office document support

2009-05-08 Thread Gary
Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the posterior w/o a Bluetooth keyboard for CTRL keys but I like that the newer X-term has taken

Re: Office document support

2009-05-08 Thread James Knott
Gary wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the posterior w/o a Bluetooth keyboard for CTRL keys but I like that

Re: Office document support

2009-05-08 Thread Mark
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Gary wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the

Re: Office document support

2009-05-07 Thread lakestevensdental
Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an

Re: Office document support

2009-05-07 Thread Mark
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice

Re: Office document support

2009-05-07 Thread Mark
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Rainer Dorsch rdor...@web.de wrote: Hello, earlier this week a friend asked me for a recommendation for an internet tablet. Pretty much all his requirements were met by N810 (and there would be extra goodies in the N810) except viewing office formats. Does

Re: Office document support

2009-05-07 Thread lakestevensdental
Mark wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At

Re: Office document support

2009-05-06 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an office document on the tablet,

Re: Office document support

2009-04-18 Thread Qole
Well, if you can wait a minute for OpenOffice to start, it works well enough; especially if you're familiar with the performance of computers from 1996. :-) The install includes a few menu icons and 'debbie oowriter' will start the word processor from the command line (or in Personal Menu).

Office document support

2009-04-17 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hello, earlier this week a friend asked me for a recommendation for an internet tablet. Pretty much all his requirements were met by N810 (and there would be extra goodies in the N810) except viewing office formats. Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice