Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 02:14:00 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: RichardH <rh@storm2k.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new subject- office stuff Message-ID: <B99333E8.5BD%lomifeh@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020829000049.00ad4bc0@mail.storm2k.wsonline.net>
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On 08/29/02 02:05 AM, "RichardH" <rh@storm2k.com> wrote: > Here's a new subject. As far as "office" suites, any recommends? Openoffice > still seems buggy and all that is said is "patch it" not alot else. Star is > now pay, basically looking for something that will do "word" docs, not > really concerned about excel, PP, etc. Does KDE office suite convert to MS > crap in any way?? Just need to read them if possible, can send as plain > text so no problem there. If openoffice is "fixed" what patches, etc. need > to be done in what order, etc. (seems to me if it is "fixed" it should not > need to be patched, sounds like MS crap) > Openoffice would be nice, ive used it on Solaris, not on FreeBSD. Koffice does do word docs I cant say how well though. Catdoc will extract text from word docs, it is in the ports. Comes with a viewer too. As an aside I find it ironic that office v.x for the mac is a better quality product than ms office for windows. At least from my use it seems to be. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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