Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 02:59:04 +0800 From: Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re[4]: StarOffice 5.1 and FreeBSD 4.3-S Message-ID: <1111231159.20010513025904@yahoo.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <15101.28964.687120.331795@guru.mired.org> References: <15101.28964.687120.331795@guru.mired.org>
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Sunday, May 13, 2001, 01:21:40 AM, Mike Meyer wrote: yes, i've read your 'WP' reviews and find it very informative and useful, thus the experimenting on various WP (and spreadsheet) from the ports. so far, i've only had abiword (and abs spreadsheet and bluefish) installed and find it (abiword) 'ok' but like you mentioned, it (abiword) lacks quite a number of features that i would like to use, mainly formatting of tables, layout structure... you get the picture. as i've mentioned, since i have the so5.1 cd lying around, i thought i would like to install that and test it. but so far from reading various archives regarding staroffice, it doesnt look so good and needs _a lot_ of tweaking/hacking needed. (and 'to add salt to the wound', i dont programme :)) i did (after reading your review before this) and am still considering applixware but U$99 is a lot when converted to where i live (hint: 4x more, which is not good :/), but acceptable if not for personal use. thanks for the suggestions. i'll keep on looking/searching a little further before i make that decision to 'spend' :) MM> Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk> types: >> 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. MM> I think ApplixWare is well worth the money. See <URL: MM> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/FreeBSD-WP.html > for a look at MM> many of the WP packages available for FreeBSD, including both MM> StarOffice and Applixware Office; and <URL: MM> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/AO/ > for an MM> application-by-application review of Applixware Office, though I still MM> need to do some work on the later. MM> <mike rgds, -- Alvin mailto:bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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