On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jean Orloff wrote: > Daniel> Does anyone know of a document reader/editor that will read Microsoft > Daniel> Word format? > > This is something I need once a week at least. In fact, it is my only reason > for windows booting. So you can imagine how desperately I sought for such a > software, but no! I couldn't believe it! Any hint welcome!
Have a look at http://www.stardivision.com/. They have StarOffice 3.1, a complete office solution for different platforms, in public beta now. Noncommercial use is free AFAIK and the Wordprocessor, StarWriter, can read/write MS-Winword-6.0, _and_ has built in HTML capabilities. You can even surf the Web from the Wordprocessor. Note: I am in no way affiliated with Stardivision. I use it at university as an alternative to booting Windows. Now there's only one thing I miss: A customizable telnet client with remote saving/printing capabilities for the Austrian Press Agency... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander List, Neue-Welt-Hoehe 52a, A-8042 Graz, Austria, EU phone: +43-316-474737 Home address: Dafens 4, A-6824 Schlins, Austria, EU phone: +43-5524-8560 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/alexlist -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3i mQCNAzKUShwAAAEEAKSeONtZF24pqL5eK3Q3PHJis0dI3uOKMFjOWwiwSyVyaKHp FCCmHCayDabMVgGUnjHxIUZj7Rmlz5RT1GGKMBSK67yFD0mGVrl8eGoH1bBDviGj S+quQ45SY/upp670EOqrxyp6pJk1uR+RjteFepzZ5am55tEMjGWTYnZjEXP1AAUR tEJBbGV4YW5kZXIgTS4gTGlzdCA8YWxleGxpc3RAc2JveC50dS1ncmF6LmFjLmF0 PiA0NDAyMDIwNzc0IDkzMzI1NTSJAJUDBRAylEocZZNidmMRc/UBAVyBA/9l8Qff Iuva0vmzrE4EbVfgonVjY4BKRVcB5QgxC9PTAILu2/aM4NyT8lOEhCjw4x5wzxLJ Z3FWw3kTe9R/r0RKU49SA1pE7Fge+sbdXH/Z7g+SLZ1myMVX3sZaVFDzhCOO0C7I FA4Izn2zQulIxsxcBaqEV5qIUW58cF7+JbJj6A== =SyLK -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]