You know, rather than StarOffice, you might try Corel's WordPerfect.
They offer a free version for Linux, and it runs great! I've used it to
read, edit, and write to Word documents. So long as there isn't a ton of
MS-specific formatting in the .doc, it works like a dream.
Amanda
Brian Williams wrote:
>
> Hi All.
> Thanks for all those that suggested alternatives such as staroffice.
> Unfortunately, I am not ready to use that as the solution yet for a
> combination of reasons:
> - my laptop is uinderpowered (especially memory to run win4lin and
> staroffice)
> - staroffice is not that reliable on this laptop, although it runs like
> a dream on my home system, which is a similar setup, but much more powerful
> - I am very limited on hard disk space I can make available for linux
> - although staroffice is very good for compatibility, while I am the
> only person testing use of linux/win4lin, compatibility must be 100% (I
> don't just read these documents; I also create/edit them, and I need
> more testing on my own time to verify the level of compatibility).
>
> So, any suggestions for streamlining linux/win4lin integration?
> /brian
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