>> [1] As for reading and writing all MS files and anything from any Win >> or OSX program, for obvious complete incompatibility AutoCAD and >> FruitLoops come to mind. OOo/MSOffice compatibility is still nowhere >> near good enough for one to just replace the other.> > >I have no idea what "FruitLoops" is. AutoCAD I can believe would be difficult, but then, the only way to open >an AutoCAD file is to have a copy of AutoCAD, isn't it? IOW, 99.99% of Windows PCs can't open AutoCAD files >anyway.
>I have in the past found ways to view the contents of plain .DXF files; I would not be surprised if with some >ingenuity, this could be done on Linux. The main difficulties I have had in reading MS files on Linux is with MS Publisher (though I don't have Publisher in my Windows copy of MS Office either!) and with macros in PowerPoint (dynamic content in 3rd part educational files). Joe -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
