You need to have adobe writer....the simpliest way. Does Star Office have
that capability?

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From: Burke, Thomas G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:15 PM
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Subject: RE: u.s. government recognizes Linux as


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Hmmm..  How do you convert a doc to pdf?

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From: Anthony E. Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: u.s. government recognizes Linux as


Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As an experiment, I am trying to setup a Linux computer as an office
>computer running ALL FREE software.  It doesn't mean I won't pay for
>some software in the office, but I want to see if I can setup at
>least one computer in the network in which there is NO software cost
>and make it powerful and usable for the business.  I have a home
>business right now and I am learning Linux and it's software.  First
>I want to create a server then I'll work on the desktop idea.

It depends on what you want to do.

I used a Linux desktop at work for several years. My work included a
lot of
text editing, email, and web work. I had to read lots of documents,
and
produce memorandums. I had no problem doing this with various
editors,
mailers and browsers, OpenOffice, AbiWord, and Gnumeric. The
showstopper was
the occasional Windows-only custom app.

That said, if you already own Windows licenses, then there may not be
a need
to switch, especially on the desktop. I've done enough with Linux
servers
that I'd like to have one on my network just because of the abilities
you
get for free; SQL database, development languages and programming
tools,
LDAP, mail, web, and more. Many offices could stand to have an
end-user
maintained shared contact database, or a way to convert any document
to PDF,
or a customizable spam filter/backup MX, or any of a host of services
that
can be setup on Linux without expending any funds.

Go for it, and don't forget that Google and the Linux Documentation
Project
are your friends.

 --Tony




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