[wplug] StarOffice

[Ivan Jager]

If you use RTF instead of PDF, just about any word processor can read and 
modify it.

On 2002.09.18 17:13 Emilio Xavier Esposito wrote:
> I've got a copy of Corel office for linux.  Its Corel WPOffice version9.
> The current WPOffice is 10 for Win32.  The problem is finding a copy since
> Corel discontinued it a while back.  But last month the computer store at
> Duquesne had a copy on the shelf; they special ordered mine about a year
> ago.  A way around the file exchange could be the use of PDFs that Corel
> makes natively; the problem there is file modification.  I never really had
> a problem with StarOffice5.2 for file importing/exporting for M$ products.
> I know I have a version of it for Win32 somewere and maybe even linux.  I
> also know that the new version of SUSE (version 8.1) will have an office
> suite.
> Hope this helps
> Emilio
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phil Walther, Jr. <philjr at attglobal.net>
> To: <wplug at wplug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [wplug] StarOffice
> 
> 
> | Hmmm, the conversion topic may be an issue.  I deal with a good amount of
> | users, professors, and clients that will need documents in a Word format,
> so
> | I'll need some decent conversion.  This is why I was also considering
> | StarOffice, or any other possible solutions.  For instance, does Corel
> make
> | a version of the WP suite that will run on a Nix' flavor?
> |
> | *Sigh*, the tribulations of conversion.
> |
> | Thanks for the input thus far.
> |
> | -Phil
> |
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
> | Alexandros Papadopoulos
> | Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:21 PM
> | To: wplug at wplug.org
> | Subject: Re: [wplug] StarOffice
> |
> |
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> | On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:06, Edward C. Smith wrote:
> | > Why not just use OpenOffice.org? It's basically the same product and
> it's
> | > free. It's what I've been using and it does fine for me.
> | >
> | > -Ed
> |
> | I'll second that.
> |
> | I've used Openoffice1.0 in a network of 15 users that were used to
> M$-Office
> | with no problems (well, except the initial schock).
> |
> | Works equally good on Win + Linux, beware of file conversions though if
> you
> | are forced to export/import lots M$-Office files, compatibility is
> | sub-optimal.
> |
> | - -A
> |
> | > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:56:39 -0400
> | >
> | > "Phil Walther, Jr." <philjr at attglobal.net> wrote:
> | > > Anyone using StarOffice?
> | > >
> | > > I'd like to get version 6.0.  Do they offer educational discounts for
> | > > students?
> | > >
> | > > Since I'm desperately trying to ween myself from M$ products (with my
> | > > wonderful tri-boot of Win98, Win2000, and RH7.3) and I believe
> | StarOffice
> | > > will run on both Win32 and Linux Distros, which should help in my
> | > > conversion to using my KDE Desktop in lieu of my Win2000Pro Desktop.
> | > >
> | > > Any info you guys have would be great!
> | > >
> | > > Thanks!
> | > > Phil Walther, Jr.
> | > >
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