need to create a MS Word compatible document in Linux
Zscoundrel
zscoundrel at kc.rr.com
Wed Aug 13 00:10:24 CDT 2003
I had a lot of trouble with Star Office, but the version of open office
with RH8 and 9 has worked really well. (It is still a little bloated,
but not nearly as much and the office stuff in XP!)
Brian Densmore wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ray Holmes [mailto:raymond at raymondholmes.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:48 PM
>>To: Greg Kedrovsky; Gary Hildebrand
>>Cc: KCLUG mailing
>>Subject: Re: need to create a MS Word compatible document in Linux
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>>No. Nothing works.
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>Then you are doing it wrong. I frequently save OpenOffice documents
>in Word format for the consumption of the unwashed masses. It
>**always**
>works for me. While it is true that there may be some special
>formatting quirks between the two that sometimes makes some piece not
>transform properly, I have yet to hit one
>[with the exception of certain Linux specific fonts].
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>JMHO,
>Brian
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