Have a look at http://OpenOffice.org/. Sun Microsystems released all the
StarOffice code they could (some had been licensed from third parties) under
the GPL. The code has been ported to GTK+ to become OpenOffice. It should be
_far_ better than StarOffice 5.x, especially in font handling and
performance. Sun is going to use the OpenOffice code for a StarOffice 6.0
release later this year. However, the current OpenOffice code can be
downloaded now and it is supposed to be quite usable (I haven't tried it,
however). Binaries are also available.
Think OpenOffice is to StarOffice 6 as Mozilla is to Netscape 6.
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:00, Miark wrote:
> I heard they're working on version 6 which is to be released
> this fall.
>
> I'm thinking they'll probably address this issue there.
> Anybody know otherwise? I mean, they _must_ know about this.
>
> Miark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] STAR OFFICE FONTS
>
> > Hi there,
> > If nobody here can fix it ( most things seem to be! ) send
>
> off a note
>
> > to SO. If enough people NICELY complain, it will be
>
> fixed.
>
> > "The axle that squeaks gets the grease - THAT'S life! "
> >
> :-)
> :
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:03, you manipulated electrons to
>
> produce:
> > > Yes...
> > >
> > > It's extremely annoying to me. I wish I knew how to
>
> correct this
>
> > > problem! Konqueror had a similar problem, but I
>
> corrected it
>
> > > through settings changes. But, SO52 doesn't have any
>
> such settings
>
> > > to change! So, what can we do???
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> > Fablor now Webhosting?? What on earth for?? Info here:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > (it's only an Autoresponder) :-)
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