[lug] I just discovered StarOffice 5.1

[Stephen G. Smith]

Keep in mind...
I have found that with a complex table structure, or a lot of
different formats, Staroffice has a bit of trouble with non native
docs. Also, the save into an MS format will sometimes cause
an MS application to do alot of guesswork and will not come too
close sometimes...Overall, its works well for me. I keep WP around
just incase..

-----Original Message-----
From: John Edwards
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Sent: 11/15/99 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] I just discovered StarOffice 5.1

At 07:29 PM 11/14/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>I found StarOffice 5.1 on Sun's site ( http://www.sun.com/staroffice )
and
>wanted to know what fellow Linux users think of it.  Are there any
issues
>with the internet browser?  My brief testing of the product left me
fairly
>impressed.  I downloaded it for both RedHat 6.1 running Gnome and the
>Microsoft version, its running on Win98.

	I found that both versions (Win and Linux) are identical.  It's
easy to go
from one to another.
	Other than that, the overall suite is a bit complex, and
requires some
time to learn you're way around.  I still haven't examined all aspects
of
it.  It's nice that you can open and save to MS's format (up to the '97
version, I don't know about Office 2000, since I don't have it, and
don't
know anybody with it).  This eliminates the biggest reason for having to
have Office around, compatibility with the majority of the world.
	Overall, I like it.  A bit complex, but that goes away with use.



John
If Life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
and objects in the rear-view window may appear closer 
han they are.	                                 Meatloaf

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