Re: [PLUG] Linux on the desktop

[Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

Alex Birch (kes@lifesabirch.org) had this to say on 02/29/04 at 20:15: 

> If this file isn't confidential, would you mind emailing it to me off 
> the list? I don't have a copy of Word 2000, but I do have a copy of Word 
> XP and I'll be more than willing to fill out an OpenOffice.org bug 
> report. This type of error is unacceptable.

No, it's not confidential, but it was a loong time ago, and I doubt I have
the file anymore (not the converted one, anyway - and I don't recall
precisely which Word doc it was). I probably don't even have the same
version of OOo anymore (on Win32). Sorry.

> Where I used to work, we had to use Windows Office, but I used 
> OpenOffice.org for the 7 months and no one noticed a difference. Even 
> when I opened, altered and re-saved other people's work. (After a few 
> months I quit opening the documents in Word to ensure that the format 
> had been maintained.)
> 
> OOo 1.1 is a light years ahead of OOo 1.0.

Quite likely. One day, when I find the free time (HA! :-), I will try it
again.

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