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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:48:15 -0700
From:      "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD native Office software?
Message-ID:  <F156SFLDwOB9VNVPhlR0001e0d4@hotmail.com>

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 > > As a result of things breaking, I'm now using Sylpheed for mail,
> > > Mozilla for a web browser (its working fairly well I might add),
> > > but I'm lacking something I can use for office software. Does
> > > something exist that will open word docs and function fairly well
> > > as a native FreeBSD program, or do I have to wait for the guru's
> > > that know whats up with Linux emulation to fix whatever's broken
> > > (God knows I haven't got a clue whats wrong).
> >
> > Dunno if koffice can do it..worth investigating.
> >
> > Kris
>
>Koffice can open word and excel files OK, but doesn't write them in
>M$ format.

You might try rebuilding OpenOffice from source. I haven't done this myself, 
so do not know if it builds under FreeBSD.


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