Stan Pietkiewicz wrote:
> I have heard of a package called StarOffice (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.)
> that can deal with these. StarOffice (free, IIRC) runs under linux, solaris-x86,
> and possibly a few others.
> I haven't tried it, but a co-worker has, and he's impressed.....
>
> And, no, I don't know where he downloaded it from.....
StarOffice is a commercial product, though Caldera provides a demo
copy with their Linux distribution, and the demo can be downloaded
from Caldera and other sites. It doesn't seem to read the latest
Excel and Word formats, Microsoft keeps "upgrading" the file format
with each release (not that I see any features added) but of course
keeping the same extension on the filenames. When I have to use
their stuff on the job, I try to remember to save files in older
formats, preferably .SLK and .TXT, since I can read those on my
classic systems, MultiPlan actually being a _good_ Microsoft
product, ranking with Extended Color BASIC.
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Received on Fri Dec 04 1998 - 21:58:53 GMT