Windows version equally impressive

Post #37,359 by tseliot 5/3/02 2:09:19 PM Reply	Windows version equally impressive Agree on all points, plus: They got rid of that annoying MDI interface--it's all separate modules, now. The Writer opened a brochure I had written in Word without a single correction needed. Other free suites (ThinkFree, etc) don't even come close on tables and styles. Not to mention that even Word itself couldn't open the document without munging the tables and switching one of the display fonts to Courier! Draw--this is my new migration path to get rid of MS Office; I'm giving it to the Field Team for house plan diagrams, etc. Funny how Writer, Calc, etc, come along with it free of charge. :) Way to go OpenOffice! --------------------------------- Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #37,369 by Ashton 5/3/02 3:18:45 PM Reply	Thanks for That tip! Passing this-all along. Could this finally begin to pound that stake into the Heart of the M$ cashcow ?? I need no 'office suite' personally, but I guess duty requires that I play with this one - eventually to wean the local non-profit from further truck with Evil. Please let us know if.. you actually do succeed in replacing Orifice on all / most machines (?) Gracias, Ashton who begins to believe that there may actually be a Debbil! -- not with horns, but Ego run amok: Ugly. :(
Post #37,473 by Another Scott 5/4/02 8:53:20 AM Reply	It sounds like it might actually be useful now. * They got rid of that annoying MDI interface--it's all separate modules, now. That's what annoyed me most about StarOffice when I played with it on OS/2 years ago. It's good to see that that's finally gone. I notice on the porting page that a MacOS X port is underway, and a couple of fellows are working on an OS/2 port. If Apple has any sense they'll strongly support work on the MacOS port... I hope the project has some legs. It would be great to get away from having to use MS Office. <... should I finally get a laptop Mac capable of running OS X?...> Cheers, Scott.
Post #38,370 by static 5/12/02 7:21:29 AM Reply	OO on Mac OS I can't remember where I saw it, unfortunately, but I stumbled across a screenshot of OpenOffice showing Taiwanese fonts running under what looked like OS X. :-) It was only two or three days ago. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #38,380 by tjsinclair 5/12/02 2:08:28 PM Reply	I read about this They managed a successful build of 638, I believe. It runs on OS X, but only under X Windows. However, with this start they may be able to come up with a build that runs natively under Aqua. I'm very much looking forward to this, as I've used OO on Linux and it's pretty nice. Tom Sinclair "Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"

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