Louis JOURDAN wrote:
>
> At 20:13 +1100 02/03/18, Pat Naughtin wrote:
>
> > To be metric literate and to use any modern computer system is
> > bordering on
> > nightmare status. I feel that I have to fight the computer for every
> > metric
>
> > thing that I do.
>
> But why do you persist in using purely American software ?
>
> Yes, the Microsoft products are fine, but non-metric. As I mentioned
> some time ago, I use as much as possible a German software, at least
> as much efficient as Microsft Word, and fully metric by default,
> including tabs (at 20 mm) : RagTime 5.
>
> Really nice, works on Windows and Mac, and for the moment free (for
> home use).
>
> Just visit www.ragtime-online.com
StarOffice 5.2 is also free and available from Sun
http://www.sun.com/staroffice/
via download or, for $35, on CD. It runs in Windows, Solaris unix, and
linux. You have great flexibility in setting parameters in metric or
non-metric units. Strangely, their rulers are divided into
quarter-centimeters, though.
Jim
--
Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
