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To: Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: StarOffice 5.1 and FreeBSD 4.3-S 
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Alvin admitted


> fyi, i am running 4.3-S and the only word processor i have is abiword
> but it lacks table support, which is why the only alternative i have
> is applixware (not free), and staroffice.

Try LyX.  It has tables (latex tables).  EIther take the port or get 
the up to the minute from www.lyx.org.  TO build yourself, you need to
 install xfroms, use gmake rather than make, have 3x compatibility
 (or symlink libc.so.4 to libc.so.3).
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