Re: [newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I've been using Sun's StarOffice for a while and am quite pleased with it (also happy about the upcomming revision that will be comming out late summer) but then I also saw Applixware in it's shiny new box and was wondering if anyone has tried it and what they think...for just typing up casual reports and stuff..nothing heavy. Hi Evan, If you don't ask too heavy stuff, you might want to try Abiword. It is a work in progress, and the result so far I like a lot. You can get it at http://www.abisource.com paul )0(---)0( Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?]
I've used SO for over a year - it does seem bloated, not used applixware, but have you tried Gnumeric (included with Mandrake 7) and Abiword - free as a download from Abisource, it's still a work in progress but feels similar to Word and most features work. On Sun, 08 Jun 2036, you wrote: Evan Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I've been using Sun's StarOffice for a while and am quite pleased with it (also happy about the upcomming revision that will be comming out late summer) but then I also saw Applixware in it's shiny new box and was wondering if anyone has tried it and what they think...for just typing up casual reports and stuff..nothing heavy. Thanks in advance, Evan Holt == I have been using SO for over a year (even the Win version, before I tried Linux). I've been using Applixware 5 since February. SO "feels" much larger and bloated, but does a much better job of reading, converting, and managing Excel files, especially large ones. Both do a superb job of handling Word files. Neither seems capable of reading the other's docs, unless they are saved as Word format, or RTF, or some other common form. My "guess" is that you'll like whichever you get used to. They both create their own documents very capably and offer a variety of tools to help you get work done. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?
Hi there, I've been using Sun's StarOffice for a while and am quite pleased with it (also happy about the upcomming revision that will be comming out late summer) but then I also saw Applixware in it's shiny new box and was wondering if anyone has tried it and what they think...for just typing up casual reports and stuff..nothing heavy. Thanks in advance, Evan Holt
Re: [[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?]
Evan Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I've been using Sun's StarOffice for a while and am quite pleased with it (also happy about the upcomming revision that will be comming out late summer) but then I also saw Applixware in it's shiny new box and was wondering if anyone has tried it and what they think...for just typing up casual reports and stuff..nothing heavy. Thanks in advance, Evan Holt == I have been using SO for over a year (even the Win version, before I tried Linux). I've been using Applixware 5 since February. SO "feels" much larger and bloated, but does a much better job of reading, converting, and managing Excel files, especially large ones. Both do a superb job of handling Word files. Neither seems capable of reading the other's docs, unless they are saved as Word format, or RTF, or some other common form. My "guess" is that you'll like whichever you get used to. They both create their own documents very capably and offer a variety of tools to help you get work done. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
