Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-29 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 29 January 2002 08:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of the word it's StarOffice, at least originally, but the code is open to the public to modify and improve. so -- star office is only modifyed and worked on by Sun, but open office is worked on by anyone who wants to get

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-28 Thread Skippipix
well, I'm not talking from experience here but, my understanding is that open office is the u... i can't think of the word it's StarOffice, at least originally, but the code is open to the public to modify and improve. so -- star office is only modifyed and worked on by Sun, but

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-26 Thread Skippipix
i'm a bit late on this thread =) i've been using Applix for just over a year now. for the most part i love it. a few bugs, but i've figured out the work arounds. one disclaimer tho... one thing i don't care about is MS compatability. i haven't opened a Word file in months, and an

[newbie] applixware

2002-01-22 Thread shane
any users out there? any big pluses for it over openoffice? just curious -- Veni, Vidi, Macaroni...I came, I saw, I put a feather in my hat. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:49:43 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in frustration: any users out there? any big pluses for it over openoffice? just curious == Not a bad suite. I use both and prefer StarOffice. I think it handles M$Office .docs (which everyone

[newbie] Applixware Office 5.

2001-07-14 Thread Brian Durant
Hi again. Has anyone tried to install Applixware Office 5 on Mandrake 8 and gotten the following error: Applixware error: Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkgc.c: line 484 (gdk_gc_set_font): assertion `font != NULL' failed. Koffice fonts start looking odd as well. I tried SmartBeak.Com which is

Re: [newbie] Applixware and 7.2 / KDE2

2001-06-07 Thread Michael Lewis
I actually got mine fixed. My network card wasn't wasn't working properly and it was screwing up the software. I replaced the SOHO card with a 3com, reconfigured the network and it works fine. Apparently, Applix has to be able to resolve the host before it works properly. Hope this helps.

[newbie] Applixware and 7.2 / KDE2

2001-06-05 Thread Michael Lewis
Is anyone else out there using Applixware with KDE2? It seems to work fine on 7.1 but my laptop is running 7.2 w/ KDE2 and the import function does not work on Words. It will not open a Word doc. Any ideas besides Star Office?

Re: [newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?

2000-05-03 Thread Paul
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

Re: [[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?]

2000-05-03 Thread poogle
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

[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?

2000-05-02 Thread Evan Holt
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

Re: [[newbie] Applixware or StarOffice?]

2000-05-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
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

Re: [newbie] Applixware

2000-03-23 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Mike" == Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mike If you don't mind downloading large files, try the demo of Mike Applixware (did you already say you did?) I tried it and Mike wasn't very impressed. However I have found that Corel Mike WordPerfect 8 is pretty decent,

Re: [Re: [newbie] Applixware]

2000-03-23 Thread Michael Holt
Michael Scottaline wrote: "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Big Snip p.s. yes, Star Office is nice in some ways, but I agree that it's annoying features make it less desirable than some of the other options out there. === Since the rap against it