Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:02 am, robin wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:02 am, robin wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 12 January 2004 11:36 pm, vikrant joshi wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from You need to specify the version. Office XP files use a proprietary format that still hasn't been reverse engineered by OS developers, I think. Any previous version of Office should be trivial for OpenOffice, KOffice, as well as a number of other replacements. AFAIK, OpenOffice will read Word XP files. My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version. I'm using 1.1 and can read a variety of Word files - my students upload their essays, so I've had plenty of practice. I've had a few completely doolally files, but I suspect that was file-corruption at their end. There are a few glitches, e.g. objects or macros may not come out as intended, and I've had occasional problems with table margins, but 98% of Word docs come out fine in OO now. The other reason for upgrading to 1.1 is the one-click PDF export - very convenient! 1.1 only has one annoying bug/feature, which is that if you have a document open and open another document, the new document window is _behind_ the old one - weird! Sir Robin -- The Pseudo Politically Correct term that I would use to describe the mind set of postmodernism is 'epistemologically challenged'. - Chip Morningstar Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
My info may be dated. I am still on version 1.02 of Open Office and the last time I did some research, there were still some compatibility problems with some XP file formats. Version 1.1 is supposed to be fully compatible according to the website, but I am not running that version.-- I have had no problem going from office xp to open office, or office xp to office 2000, but once i did have trouble going from office 2000 to open office. Anyway, the newer open office seems to be ok with XP. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux to Windows porting
I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. Do we need to install any software for that . If yes then where do we get that software from vikrant - Still single? Click here to find the perfect match. http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?141 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. If you just want to read them, no problem. It'll be setup when you install. If you want to write to them also, you will want them on a seperate FAT32 partition. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux to Windows porting
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 03:25 pm, many eyes noted that Eric Huff wrote: I have Windows and Linux on same machine . Is there a way I can acces the windows files eg word or excel file through Linux. If you just want to read them, no problem. It'll be setup when you install. If you want to write to them also, you will want them on a seperate FAT32 partition. eric OpenOffice.org any version, but 1.1 is good -- Well you know what I knew, that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God, and his was an idol. --Lt. Gen Boykin This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
