Raymond Beckler on Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:10:49 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] Star Office


Ooops!  Sorry but I can't remember right now.  Let me get back home and
see what I did.  I'll get back to you.

ray

"Daniel K. Spicer" wrote:
> 
> 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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