Adrian Try wrote: >> On Linux platform, anyone here have a comparison between Writer and >> Textmaker 2006 >> I wish to know about how well does two way exchange between Word and >> either of these two products > > It sounds like you are editing Word documents with quite complex and > unique formatting, so you'll have to download Textmaker and try it for > yourself on your own documents. >
Actually, my documents are not complex in any absolute sense. Figures, plots, tables and cross references are bread and butter in my line of work. I have ordered Softmaker to see how it does. The trial version you speak of does not allow you to export to non-softmaker formats, so is useless to do a comparison of the kind I am looking for. > Here is SoftMaker's statement about Microsoft compatibility, but it sounds > like sales talk to me rather than something to rely on: Possibly true, but I am hoping it isn't, because I am at my wits end about this problem of interconversion. If Microsoft made a version for Linux, this would not be an issue, but its pointless to expect those thugs to do that. > And please let us know how your experiment goes! > Hopefully, I will get my copy early next week and post my experiences here. Things would be so much simpler if ODF was the de facto standard, but ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
