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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Exporting MS-Word?
From:       Garf <garf () roadum ! org ! uk>
Date:       2001-09-26 21:34:50
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On Wednesday 26 Sep 2001 4:13 pm, Ben Engbers wrote:
> Hi,
> My wife has a small PR-company and exchanges many documents with her
> customers. 99.99% of the documents she receives are in MS-Word format.
>
> We both share the opinion that all those 'smart' functions and wizards
> are only a nuissance and as soon as I can find a Linux word-editor that
> is able to read and write MS-Word, she wants to change to Linux.
>
> I therefore have the following questions:
> -    are there any legal objections to writing a MS-Word export filter
> or is it just a too difficult task?
> -    Which alternative would you suggest in this case? Should I use
> VMware and MS-Word in those cases were MS-wordformat is required or
> should I use another export-filter (which)?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Engbers

[cough], You could try openoffice over at http://www.openoffice.org Version 
638 is pretty stable and sorts Word docs out fine.
- -- 
H&Ks
Garf
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