On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 07:17, John Layt wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:10, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I don't think you will get > > it to work under wine - I looked into that a couple of years ago, and it > > was said that it was well-nigh impossible. > > Hmmm. When I worked for IBM in about 2002 there was an internal version of > Wine that supposedly supported SmartSuite, Notes, and other IBM/Lotus apps > that was getting passed around internally for evaluation purposes. I can > only assume it was never deemed fit enough for external release :-( It's > certainly do-able, but I just don't think the demand is there. > > Heh, hope I haven't just breached that NDA... > In that case, it's scream-worthy. I run win4lin for just three purposes - the most important one is to exchange documents with my daughter, who has her thesis in wordpro format.
Apart from that, the other two are big conveniences that I can't find in any linux package. One is PagePlus's ability to print an A5 booklet on A4 paper, properly sorted, with pages 1 and 24 on one side and 2 and 23 on the other. If scribus had that I could dispense with this one. I find it hard to believe that no-one needs that facility. The other one is a photo-printing app that quickly allows me to print 4 to a page, guaranteeing that the pics come out the same size. I can do it with KWord, but hand-drawing boxes is not reliable, and also it is sometimes necessary to slightly crop to make the format of the pic fit. This may be replaceable in linux, but I haven't found it yet. Sorry to be OT, but I think it helps from time to time for us to air our needs. Sometimes others have a solution. Sometimes the idea gets picked up by a developer. Meanwhile, I hope Simon gets what he needs, and I'll help all I can. I never saw the need for that other behemoth of an office suite, and loved SmartSuite myself. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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