Yeah, thanks guys, I looked at crossover, but wasn't that keen on paying. But if the only option, I might have to. Anton, I have used openoffice, and like it, but when opening complex microsoft documents, I find that some of the formatting is lost, or not correct. Little things, but I primarily deal with people who use msoffice, and am looking for a way to use them in linux. I might look at crossover and have a think about it.
regards Greg On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anton Piatek wrote: > Before you try emulating anything, may i suggest looking at > OpenOffice.org, as that seems to work just fine for me... > Of course, if you NEED complete compatibility, id have to agree with > crossover office, as ive heard a lot of good about it (although it isnt > free, and i have no idea what happens when the next msoffice comes out) > > Anton > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 10:32, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2002, Greg wrote: > > > > > Has anyone on the list had experience with wine/winex? > > > I am interested in trying to use msoffice under linux. What > > > capabilities does wine have for doing this. I have looked on the > > > internet, and seen a few different types of wine. I am using RH8, and > > > this has a version of wine on it allready, but I am unclear on how it > > > works, and how advanced the installed version is for use. Is the one > > > that came with my installation suitable for office. Also, winex I > > > believe will let me run games designed for windows under linux. Is this > > > true, and how well does it work. I would love to bugger off my windows > > > all together, and if the above is possible, I would. > > > > i *strongly* recommend shelling out a few dollars for crossover office, > > from www.codeweavers.com. i've got that running on my rh 8.0 system > > nicely. it's based on wine. > > > > rday > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > Anton Piatek | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dept of Mathematics, > | Imperial College, > 07900-951-627 | London, UK > --- > Wise men speak when they have something to say. > Fools speak when they have to say something. - Plato > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
