On Monday 21 January 2002 21:11, you wrote: > Ok I need to be able to access / change MS Office Files. Well on your system you have KWord and Abiword. They are both able to import MS Word documents, but not able to export to Word
You also have KSpead and Gnumeric which can import from Excel, but not Export, and KPresenter which can import from Powerpoint but not export. Before you say... "Well what use is that!" If you go to www.openoffice.org you can download the latest Openoffice Binaries which can Import from, and Export to, MS Word, MS Excel, and MSPowerpoint, and can do it almost flawlessly. It is a big download (Around 70MB), but it is worth it. OpenOffice is essentially the same as SunStarOffice6.0 which is due for official release this quarter. If I can do > this accurtly then I can completely remove the need of Windows. Good. You can also get rid of the Outlook Express you appear to use ;-) Also > there some kind of Term Emulator I can run? I need to attach to a unix > host and have it support sco ansi ect. Heck... There is a whole bunch of them on your discs. I do not use ANSI emulation myself so I cannot say which is the best to use. > Any one have any good links to beginers info? I can get mandrake to run > find now but I am very unclear as to what I am doing or why something > worked. Start by reading the documentation. There is an Icon on your desktop. Also remember almost all 'commands' in Linux have a built in manual. Just type 'man commandname' in a terminal to read the manual. You will also learn a lot at www.mandrakeuser.org There are documents called HOWTO's at http://www.linuxdoc.org/ If you bought the PowerPack edition on your discs you have several complete Books on Linux, and you can browse books online at http://www.oreilly.com/ Read the archives of this list at http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/ Any question you could possibly ask has probably already been answered. Learning Linux is a steep curve. You will be baffled at first, but if you have patience and application you will soon learn to appreciate its power. Installing software bewilders me. Rpm files install but then > don't create any icons to load them. Well made RPM packages will insert an entry in your 'K Menu' Not all are well made however :( In which case you must insert them in the menu by hand. If I navigate to the bin directory > I can find the executable but they are all in the directory. That seem > rather troublesome when it come to organization. Thanks You do not have to navigate to a directory to use an application. Almost all RPM's will put executables in well defined places which are in your 'Path' You only have to type the command name in a terminal to open an application. If you use the menu editor (Mandrake Control Centre>System>Menus) then just put the command name in the box when prompted and then you can start apps from the 'K Menu' Alternatively Right click on the desktop and select 'Create>Link to Application' and put the command name in there and you will have a desktop icon. The Linux file system is defined by standards. Once you get to know how it is organized you will know where to find things. You will also find that for anything you want to do in Linux there are around eight different ways of doing it. Just choose the one you are most comfortable with :) HTH derek > > Paul Kraus > Network Administrator > PEL Supply Company > (216) 267-5775 Voice > (216) 267-6176 Fax > www.pelsupply.com
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