Michael Scottaline wrote: >On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:28:01 -0500 >"Maureen L. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled gleefully: > >>I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and am using K-Office. So far it hasn't crashed >>or froze on me and I have imported all the documents I was using from >>Lotus SmartSuite and it hasn't lost a thing. I am very pleased with >>it. Some small improvements in K-Spread are needed, like multi copy, >>but otherwise it works just fine. KWord does everything that I need for >>home and for a couple of non profit orgs I help out. All in all it all >>works fairly decently. >> >================================ >Interesting, Maureen, but how about the export filters? Will K-Office >successfully export to M$Office or Lotus SmartSuite. Can a document be >saved in .doc or .xlm or whatever. When I tried to import a form (lots of >tables) from a Word file that that StarOffice handled flawlessly, there >were too many errors in the K-Word version to make the form usable. >Ordinary Word docs (mere text) seem to work OK. Thanks for the review, >Mike > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > One of the things that _no_one_ should be concerned about any longer is compatibility with MS Office.
FYI, there is an act purchasing its way through various state legislatures in the US called UCITA, which places some obligations on software manufacturers but gives their license agreements the full force and effect of law. When it passes in Washington State, the upgrade after its passage will be _illegal_ to reverse engineer for the purpose of making import filters, and folks who use MS software will no longer be able to call their data their own. UCITA does not obligate the software maker to provide export filters. So if someone wants to make a conversion after this event, it will be with a printer and an OCR-enabled scanner. Civileme
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