Hello Ive actually tried openoffice.org in production and yes it will handle "SOME" word and excel files but it wont work with anything complicated ie word files with varied fonts menu's and embedded company logo's when I try to open these types of files on openoffice.org they come out as a total mess with items placed all over the place.
I love Linux dont get me wrong but Office is still a killer app and Linux still hasn't got this base covered fully yet. Users dont want excuses they just want it to work in a manner they are used to, as of yet this is just not happening without allot of prodding and complaining. Im finding using Linux office software with Windows users a real "PAIN" and if using codeweavers X-over with Office 2000 plugs the hole and stops the complaining Im fine with that.Personaly I like emacs or vim even Koffice on an off day but saying "hey word and excel works fine" with Star Office or whatever just isn't the truth maybe in years to come but just not right now. Regards Richard Neal ************************************************************************ it takes a great person to admit to weaknesses even a greater one to change ************************************************************************ On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 08:02, Amanda Wynne wrote: > Hate to point this out, but two things. > OpenOffice.org can already handle Word & Excel. > CxOffice doesn't (yet) handle Access. The fact that nobody else does either > is beside the point. Problem for me is all my personal financing & budgeting > is done in Access. > > Amanda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Ferlito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DaZZa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 1:26 PM > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Use Microsoft Office in Linux? You can now! (fwd) > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 08:39:39PM +1000, DaZZa wrote: > > > >From another list... > > > > > > Puts paid to all the "Linux isn't suitable for desktop solutions in the > > > Office" paundits, dunnit? > > > > > > > Codeweavers crossover office actually works really well. I've been using > > it since it came out at least a few months. I've tried it with > > word and excel > > and have had few problems. I've never had it crash. I had some issues > > with printing but a quick check on there webpage which has an amazing > > support interface quickly fixed the problem. > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
