On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Deryk Barker wrote:
> Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Microsoft's software has always sucked, so I can't imagine > > > > they're losing too much sleep over quality or security, their Trusted > > > > Computing(tm) initiative notwithstanding. > > > > > > > > > > Excel is pretty neat and I wish there was a DOC Edit clone for linux. > > > > > > m > > Hi Matthew, > > Have you heard of the programs 'open office' and 'abiword'. they both can > > read and write DOC files. > > Also, despite earlier claims, OpenOffice has a presentation package > and a pretty good filter for PowePoint (I have imported a 100-slide > presentation with no major problems). > > And the 1.1 version is a real advance over the various 1.0.x flavours. Hi Deryk, Thanks for the update! Its great to know that the OO people are really on the ball! And now I can recommend Knoppix w OO even more emphatically. -Kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
