From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 28 12:47:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE84D37C2E1 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:47:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.85.69]) by mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000628204648.IDXP10065.mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:46:48 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA01581; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:47:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:47:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Richard E. Hawkins" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: star office and aplixware compared on .doc and .xls? Message-ID: <20000628204716.H233@parish> References: <00062818024301.00776@dannyh.freebsd.org> <200006281935.PAA36626@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i 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 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message