Re: StarOffice -Reply

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:   Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 10:47:43 -0400
:   From: Steve Crutchfield 
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:   Subject: StarOffice -Reply
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:   I downloaded and installed StarOffice yesterday.
:  
:   Some initial impressions: its very complete, but the screen
is full of tiny little
:   icons and pictures and stuff that make it difficult to
learn. Its also rather
:   slow on my home PC (486 DX/2 50 MHz). It also doesn't have
a lot of
:   import filters: It only lists plain text, Word for Windows,
and a few other file
:   types. No import filters for XyWrite (no big surprise), but
also none for
:   Word Perfect (which I need, since our office standard is
WP).
:  
:   One weird thing: when you use a drop-down list from the
menu bar, the little
:   explanations of what the menu items do are in a variety of
languages!!!! On
:   the copy I got, the various options under "File" were in
Italian, German, and
:   English! Go figure!
:  
:   I've also read a wide variety of reactions to it on the
'net. Some people like
:   it, others found it full of bugs and errors, and trashed
it.
:  
:   Steve
:  
:   >>> Harmon Seaver  08/05/96 09:34am >>>
:   The new StarOffice 3.1 demo in English for OS/2 is now
available at
:   ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/demos/ and the Linux version,
also in English,
:   is available at
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/staroffice/
:     Looks pretty neat, very customizable keyboard, plus
macros. The OS/2
:   (and other OS) version is only a demo good until 10/31/96,
while the
:   Linux version is free, still beta, but they say the full
version will be
:   free also.
:    The OS/2 version comes in many different languages, about
7 I think,
:   soon to include Russian. You want the version with "us" in
the file
:   titles. Ten files, but you don't have to put them on
floppys, just unzip
:   all into the same temp directory and type setup in a OS/2
window.
:  
:   --
:   Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx hseaver@xxxxxxxx
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