Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 05:10:06 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Ian Diddams <didds@freenet.uk.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Reading MS Word files Message-ID: <19991007051006.B30900@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <37FB1B9A.9528C984@freenet.uk.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910051102190.2351-100000@defiant.quansoo.com> <37FB1B9A.9528C984@freenet.uk.com>
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On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 10:51:22AM +0100, Ian Diddams wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Darren Foo wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any programs available for Windows that would serve as a
> > > X-server? I want to read MS Word and Office documents but MS support
> > > under unix has been lacking.
>
> I might be missing Darren's point here but doesn't Star Office support
> MS format files ie can read Word, Excell etc files? And allegedly has
> better filters than MS for such stuff?
Yes, absolutely so. I've at last got rid of my NT, now that I can read
both .doc and .xl* files wirh StarOffice.
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