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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Importing/exporting MS-Word docs
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () usa ! net>
Date:       1999-03-27 7:25:07
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dep wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jo Dillon wrote:
> 
> |  It's a bit early to be using KWord in a production environment. I would
> |suggest Applixware, StarOffice or Corel WordPerfect (the latter two are,
> |AFAIK, free for personal use). All three have varying levels of support
> |for MS formats - WordPerfect might be your best bet. What do you mean
> |by MS-Mail?
> 
> actually, wp for linux does a pretty crappy job with winword files --
> star office is much better. but if you run star office, you're married
> to glibc-2.07.

Actually you can run StarOffice with it's own included GlibC without
using the system wide version.  This is how I made it work on my
SlackWare 3.x setup.  It's in the readme file.

> msmail does html and executes viruses upon receipt,
> neither of which most people would find desirable.
 
Maybe we could have K-Mail detect an embedded applet and execute the 
bsod screen saver ?

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