Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:47:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: star office and aplixware compared on .doc and .xls? Message-ID: <20000628204716.H233@parish> In-Reply-To: <200006281935.PAA36626@fac13.ds.psu.edu>; from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:35:09PM -0400 References: <00062818024301.00776@dannyh.freebsd.org> <200006281935.PAA36626@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:35:09PM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
> > But if you are using FreeBSD 4.0 I suggest you "invest" in a copy of FreeBSD
> > applixware 4.2
>
> > I everyweek I constantly type in this mailing list maybe Applixware should do
> > some "cash for comments" deal with me.
>
> Has anyone made a comparison between how Staroffice 5.2 and Aplixware
> 4.2 compare in handling dark-side documents?
>
One problem I've found with SO5.1 and Word97 docs is that it can't
handle "forms" correctly if used in the docs.
> This is quite literally the only use I have, though I may need to read
> power point files this coming semester (If I want to change the slides
> that come with my text--but since the author's versions are already
> available, I probably won't [besides, experience shows that well done
> authors' slides tend to be better htan my own :) ]).
>
> I recall a year or two ago that a major new england bank actually
> switched from ms office to staroffice *because* of compatibility wiht
> .xls files--staroffice did a better job than excel.
I agree, I have a spreadsheet (Excel 95) that I need to save as HTML
evertime I update it and SO produces much nicer HTML output.
> [do you have excel
> 6 or 95 or 97? version a, b, or c? Tuesday or Thursday's version?
> morning or afternoon . . .)
>
> Personally, there's no way I'm going back to a word processor after
> lyx, but I do use a spreadsheet once a year for taxes (I think I have
> few enough students to not use one this year for grades, but maybe not
> . . )
>
> hawk
>
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