[newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread pete moss
anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake 6.0, but it wont run and gives lots

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Dan Brown
From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would As far as a word processor goes, how about WordPerfect? Version 7 is available for Linux, free for

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Murray Strome
WordPerfect 8.0 is a reasonably good wordprocessor (and free for LINUX: http://linux.corel.com/linux8/download.htm) -- the only problem I have found so far is that "Search and Replace does not seem to work (no matter what you search for, it says string not found -- anyone any ideas how to fix

RE: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 17-Aug-99 pete moss wrote: anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Ben
: [newbie] word processing and finance apps anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Rick Fry
The rumor mill reports that Intuit may be working on a Linux version of Quicken and you've got WordPerfect 8 [download version] on one of the 5 disks that came with Mandrake. Original Message Follows anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing

Re: [newbie] word processing and finance apps

1999-08-16 Thread Ty Mixon
Original Message On 8/16/99, 6:30:03 PM, pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] word processing and finance apps: anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has

Re: [[newbie] word processing and finance apps]

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone got any suggestions on what word processing or simple check book balancing programs to use for linux? i am used to ms word, so i would like something that has comparable features. also, i tried to run cbb (checkbook balancer) that comes with mandrake