Re: [PLUG] Linux on the desktop (was: rationalizing .Mac web pages)

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

> You don't even need Word for that.  Get Microsoft's free Word document
> viewer.  It's worked great on everything I've tried it on.

Let me sadly note that the Document Viewer works better than Word does. 
 That's why I have to have a copy of Microsoft's Suite to test docs 
with.  Besides, the viewer often doesn't retain formatting either, an 
important consideration at times and for some usages of an Office Suite.

If I just wanted to be able to open docs, I could save to Word6 format 
and use WordPad under wine to check.  I need to know if the formatting 
worked and other little details like the number of pages.  Frankly I'ld 
love to give up on MS formats entirely but unfortunately the rest of the 
world does not agree with me.

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