[lug] Converting people

[carter.johnson at juno.com]

I'd heartily reccomend StarOffice as an application suite.The best thing
about it is the price- $0.
There are some Linux distributions with desktops that appear to be a bit
more accomodating towards novice users.
I usually start new users with Mandrake due to it's numerous options in
desktops choices and Redhat compatibility in terms of support resources.

Carter Johnson
Technology Circuit Rider
Colorado Enviromental Coalition

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:20:49 -0600 (MDT) Wayde Allen
<wallen at boulder.nist.gov> writes:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, David wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I use Applixware.  I've not yet tried Star Office so you'll have to 
> get
> comparison info from someone else.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Yes, the Applix spreadsheet looks a lot like any other spreadsheet 
> that
> I've used (Excel, Lotus).
> 
> > If anyone can give information on pitfalls, significant 
> differences,
> > gotchas, etc., that will be great.
> > 
> > Word           ----> Applix Word - Applix can read and write word 
> files
>                                      fairly well.  I've seen some 
> problems
>                                      with the more complex 
> formating, but
>                                      for the most part it works OK.  
> I'm
>                                      also using an older release.  
> It is
>                                      likely that a newer version 
> would 
>                                      have better conversion filters. 
>  Of
>                                      course, I've yet to see a 
> conversion
>                                      filter that works with 
> equations.
>                                      I'd also guess that there are 
> more
>                                      "features" in MSWord.
> 
> > Excel          ----> Applix Spreadsheet - I use this extensively 
> for
>                                             data analysis.  Very 
> nice with
>                                             some interesting 
> features.
> 
> > PowerPoint     ----> Applix Presentation Editor - I've used this 
> for
>                                                     several 
> presentations
>                                                     with good luck.
>                                                     Probably not as 
> full
>                                                     featured as
>                                                     Powerpoint. 
> 
> > PageMaker      ----> I don't really know of a GUI based layout 
> editor
>                        for Linux.  I guess I'd suggest that 
> LaTeX/TeX 
>                        "could" be used for this, but the learning 
> curve is
>                        probably steeper than many would like to 
> tackle.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)
> 
> 
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