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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: worker201 on 16 September 2003, 01:01

Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: worker201 on 16 September 2003, 01:01: I tried doing some word processing with my new Linux system this weekend, and I don't really care for OpenOffice. I seem to remember that WordPerfect was available for Linux a while back (like 5+ years ago). Is it around still? How can I get a hold of it? Will it run on SuSE 8.2?

thanks a ton

by the way, nothing felt better than telling Yast to completely overwrite my old Win partition. free at last...
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: insomnia on 16 September 2003, 01:50: Their is Corel's WordPerfect 8 for Linux.
download: http://athena.corel.com/cfscripts/corelnews/corelnews_lxwp8dwnld_form.cfm (http://athena.corel.com/cfscripts/corelnews/corelnews_lxwp8dwnld_form.cfm)
(...I don't know if their is a link without the registration...)

info + istallation: http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/wpfaq-singlepage.html (http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/wpfaq-singlepage.html)

[ September 15, 2003: Message edited by: insomnia ]
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: worker201 on 16 September 2003, 02:30: Thanks a million!

Insomnia rocks
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: insomnia on 16 September 2003, 02:47: Bad news, that fist link doesn't work anymore :confused:
Try this: http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/downloadwp8.html (http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/downloadwp8.html)
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: insomnia on 16 September 2003, 02:51: It's less easy but still works on SuSE.

[ September 15, 2003: Message edited by: insomnia ]
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: suselinux on 16 September 2003, 08:15: May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 17 September 2003, 01:59: I prefer to use KOffice. Open office is great but the open office programs take longer to load than the microsoft programs.
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: insomnia on 17 September 2003, 02:57: StarOffice with the right fonts and the not so very entirely legal patches. :rolleyes: ;)
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: worker201 on 17 September 2003, 03:01: quote:
Originally posted by suselinux:
May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?

Well, the first thing I didnt like about OpenOffice was that it took so long to load - but that's only cosmetic and not a real problem.

Didn't care too much for the fonts, either, and that's something that is going to take a while to get used to.

But I guess my biggest problem is that I have been typing daily with Word Perfect for like 8 years now, and nothing else feels right. Especially after you get your custom dictionaries set up and auto-correct personalized to hell. It's unfortunate that the downloadable Linux version of WordPerfect does not have custom dictionaries.
Title: don't like OpenOffice
Post by: insomnia on 17 September 2003, 03:36: quote:
Originally posted by suselinux:
May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?

They still need something like "MS Acces".