need to create a MS Word compatible document in Linux

[Hanasaki JiJi]

try the openoffice.org current beta... its quite a bit ahead. 
Openoffice is the opensource base for StarOffice

Zscoundrel wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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].
>>
>> JMHO,
>> Brian
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