[lug] Converting people

[Chris M]

I think FrameMaker (another Adobe product) is on Linux now and comparable in
some ways to PageMaker.  FrameMaker is more of a program for writing books
than for page layout really though.

I tried the Applixware Office stuff and was pretty disappointed.  If you
aren't picky maybe they are good enough.  I'm not using it though.

Chris

> From: David <dajo at frii.com>
> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:56:39 -0600
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Converting people
> 
> I should like to persuade someone to use Linux instead of 9x and NT.
> This is a *total* non-technical person, a plain user who is, however,
> quite skillful with the MS products.  You can assume that the
> technical stuff is handled by someone else.
> 
> So, below is a list of a few applications that must be covered by
> Linux equivalents, there will be a few others that I have missed.  The
> question is: can anyone give me some suggestions on what to use?  I
> have heard of Applixware, Star Office, and others, but I know zero
> about any of them, or even if these are the right packages.
> 
> Is it feasible to sit down someone like this in front of, say, a Linux
> spreadsheet, and have that person pick up the necessary knowledge just
> by clicking around?
> 
> If anyone can give information on pitfalls, significant differences,
> gotchas, etc., that will be great.
> 
> Word
> Excel
> PowerPoint
> PageMaker
> ...
> 
> dajo
> 
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