Daniel K. Spicer on Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:00:39 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] Star Office


So how do you get around the "desktop takeover "  ??


Raymond Beckler wrote:

> Go for it!  I use it on Linux and regularly exchange documents &
> spreadsheets with MS Office97.  Not all documents convert 100% but it's
> really not a problem, some minor fomatting loss.  Does much better
> conversions than WP/Office97.
>
> The only downside I see with staroffice is on the Linux side, the font
> choices in documents are limited to those supported by the printer
> driver.  While you can use ttf fonts, you can't always print them.
>
> You can get around the "desktop takeover".
>
> Best of all, it's free, it works and it's not MS!
>
> ray
>
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