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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Compatibility Issues
From:       Eleknader <eleknader () phnet ! fi>
Date:       2000-09-28 7:07:59
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Hi!

I really think that you should give KOffice a try. Unfortunately it's not yet
that
easy to install, but programmers are developing the stuff all the time.

Filters that enable exporting to MS-Office have not been made - yet. I haven'nt
seen or heard said that they will never be there. There's also some ways you
can share documents between these suites - you can export KOffice documents
in a format that can be read in MS-Office. This does in some cases meen that
you lose some of layout etc. You can also use KOffice and export your documents
trough StarOffice.

Right now developers are working to get KDE 2 working better, and because of
this there is not new features coming soon.

"Dean E. Weimer" wrote:

> Microsoft Office Compatibility
>      Yeah, I know no one wants to here those words, but I am a network
> administrator during the day, and I would very much like to implement
> something other than Microsoft Office at work as well as at home.  I am
> fairly new to the FreeBSD OS, and have been searching for a good application
> to use with it.  I don't like StarOffice, it is too cluttered.  I haven't
> Koffice yet, and probably wont any time soon, because I am beginning my last
> semester of college next week.  However I was reading the FAQ section on
> Koffice, and I saw that work is being done to implement a filter to import
> MS Office Programs.  Which is great, but it was stated that an export filter
> would probably never be developed.  I think that this would be a big
> shortcoming, since MS Office is currently everywhere around me, I cannot
> even suggest using something at work that is not compatible in both
> directions.  I think that Microsoft's  biggest mistake was to do this
> exactly this.  I feel that the best thing some one could do would be to
> write a system that is completely compatible with all the other major
> systems.  I am no programmer, but I know that this is not easy, and probably
> not even possible, but should be done with at least the biggest.  I just
> don't like to see the type of close mindedness that I saw reading those
> FAQ's concerning this subject.
>      Well if you are still reading this thanks for your time, and I hope I
> didn't offend you.  Just wanted to give you a different perspective.  I
> think that what you are all doing is very admirable, donating your time and
> skills so that people have more choices, and at an affordable price.  If I
> had any programming knowledge, I would gladly offer to work on this issue,
> but unfortunately my knowledge is centered around bringing the programs to
> the user.
>      If anyone wants to give me any feedback you are welcome to reply to
> this.  I consider both positive and negative feedback beneficial to my
> future.
>
>    Thanks,
>      Dean Weimer
>      e-mail: dweimer@ohiooffice.com

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