> I now think of OO.org as a handy viewer of MS Office formatted > documents, but if I actually have to produce one I fire up a Win XP vm > that does nothing but run Office. > > --Rogan > > > > > Most of the documents I send are a one-way communication, meaning the > > recipient is not expected to make any changes, and so I use PDF in > > almost every case. Only when I am asked for a DOC format do I send > > one. > > > > Larry > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
I find that crossover Linux standard runs MS Office 2003 student teacher edition nicely on CentOS 5. Apparently, the current version of Quicken works with the latest version of crossover Linux standard as well. It is discouraging that documents produced using OO render differently under MS Word, but I guess it should be no surprise that this is the case. Just thought I'd point out that crossover Linux is a potentially cheaper route to go than running XP under emulation and it is faster to boot. Another approach, if you can do this, is to give your customer the word processed document in openoffice format with printed instructions on where to get openoffice. Of course you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink ;-) I tried this in college and didn't get anywhere. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
