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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    [kde-promo] Fwd: KOffice steps into the ring against Microsoft
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-09-13 10:33:28
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Hi all,

maybe you are interested in this newsletter I got via ITworld. Usually news 
there are mainly about konsole apps, networking and security stuff. So I was 
quite surprise to read something about koffice :-)

eva

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Subject: KOffice steps into the ring against Microsoft
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:04:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linux_Desktop_Apps@itw.itworld.com
To: "Eva Brucherseifer" <eva@rt.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de>

LINUX DESKTOP APPLICATIONS --- September 13, 2001
Published by ITworld.com -- changing the way you view IT
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HIGHLIGHTS

* Version 1.1 includes an array of applications that is making KOffice
  a legitimate challenger to Microsoft's dominance of the office suite.
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KOffice Forges Ahead
By Eric Foster-Johnson

Although many pundits bemoan the lack of Linux office software, their
main grievance is really that Microsoft Office is not available for
Linux. Still, quite a few alternative office packages exist including
KOffice, an office suite that recently reached its 1.1 release.

KOffice (http://www.koffice.org) is an office software suite that runs
on top of the KDE desktop. Available in beta form for a long, long
time, the 1.0 and now 1.1 releases provide users with real office
tools. KOffice 1.1 includes a number of programs including:

    * KWord -- The obligatory word processor, KWord is based around the
      frames concept, much like Adobe's FrameMaker, and aimed at higher-
      end functionality than Microsoft Word.
    * KSpread -- A spreadsheet.
    * KPresenter -- A presentation program similar to Microsoft
      PowerPoint.
    * Kivio -- A flow-charting application much like Microsoft's Visio.
      The user interface will appear quite familiar to Visio users.
    * Kontour -- The new name for the KIllustrator drawing program.
      Kontour focuses on vector drawings.
    * Krayon -- A bitmap drawing program sort of like the GIMP, which
      also runs on Linux, or Adobe Photoshop.
    * KChart -- a graphing and charting tool.
    * Kugar -- A business quality report generator.

You can see from the contents that KOffice not only includes the basics
of an office suite, but it also includes more graphics-related programs
than most suites, such as Microsoft's Office. As the individual
applications mature, Linux users will end up with a much more extensive
suite than those available on Windows.

You can download KOffice from the main site at http://www.koffice.org,
but you'll likely need the latest and greatest QT and KDE libraries.
For most users, waiting for an upgraded Linux distribution that
includes KOffice, KDE, QT, and all other dependencies in one tested
configuration is easier. This makes the installation a lot easier. Just
about every major Linux distribution includes KDE, and most also
include KOffice now.

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About the author(s)
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Eric Foster-Johnson has written 14 books on Linux, Unix, programming
and open source tools. Eric can be reached at erc@pconline.com or at
http://www.pconline.com/~erc.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

KOffice 1.1 Beta 3 Review
http://www.mslinux.com/reviews/koffice.html

Suites for the Sweet: KOffice
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/1849/1/

Join KDE and Open-Source Software In the Fight For the Desktop
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/17452.html

KOffice Is A Good Start
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/previews/2558/1/
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