not tried WinWord under wine, but you could give AbiWord a try

Thom ----- Original Message ----- From: Green J M K jmkgre@essex.ac.uk To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 12:10 PM Subject: [alug] MS Word with Linux

Hi there,

OK so I need to produce a lengthy report with screenshots and diagrams. I need to write it on Linux and produce the final product in Word for printing on an NT network.

I'm wondering here how stable Word97 is running with WINE? StarOffice cannot get full compatibility even with straightforward text/styles I've found, so that's not a reliable option.

Options anyone?

James.

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Try usuing Word Perfect. Howver WP and Word tend to get their fonts at cross purposes.

When exporting from one to the other do it as RTF, not as native Word or WP files. It is safer.

On 07-Mar-00 Green J M K wrote:

Hi there,

OK so I need to produce a lengthy report with screenshots and diagrams. I need to write it on Linux and produce the final product in Word for printing on an NT network.

I'm wondering here how stable Word97 is running with WINE? StarOffice cannot get full compatibility even with straightforward text/styles I've found, so that's not a reliable option.

Options anyone?

James.

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