From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 17 17:58: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ness.aae.uiuc.edu (ness.aae.uiuc.edu [128.174.132.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B08437B442 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:57:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dmmcf@localhost) by ness.aae.uiuc.edu (8.11.4/8.11.4) id g1I24TK20379; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:04:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dmmcf@uiuc.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: ness.aae.uiuc.edu: dmmcf set sender to dmmcf@uiuc.edu using -f To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Advice sought re MS Office compatibility From: dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland) Date: 17 Feb 2002 20:04:29 -0600 Message-ID: <86eljjlf4i.fsf@ness.aae.uiuc.edu> Lines: 37 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello All, I find it's becoming increasingly important for me to collaborate, at a .doc- and .ppt-file level, with colleagues who use MS Word and PowerPoint on Macs and PCs. Yes, I've tried to enlighten them about the alternatives; I've enlightened them about all they're going to stand, and it's necessary that I do something towards meeting them half-way. So, I'm here to ask your advice about compatible applications. I ran a couple different versions of Applixware under under Red Hat Linux a few years ago, and generally have a good opinion of it, but have never installed it under FreeBSD. I have used StarOffice a little under both Linux and FreeBSD, but recent versions (as of a few months ago) don't play well with XFree86 v. 4 on my laptop (an IBM T-22 running STABLE). I know about VMware and am anxiously awaiting the port of v. 3, but even were it available now, Office is Office and I'd rather use something else. So what's my question? Given that I'm willing to put a little money and more than a little effort into getting it going, what have people found is the most MS-compatible, robust application of this sort? Lest anyone think I'm a pointing, clicking ex-Windows jock, I hasten to add that I write everything I can in TeX. I run Matlab's Simulink from an Emacs buffer. Why, I even...well, you get the idea. But I need to Office to keep the peace, and I'd appreciate any recommendations. Best regards, Michael -- D. Michael McFarland Visiting Senior Research Scientist & Visiting Lecturer Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message