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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 11:12
by darrelljon
If I'm gonna use WINE I'm just gonna use Office 97 for an office suite and Ted for WP.
Posted: Thu 06 Dec 2012, 00:28
by majorfoo
I like LibreOffice best. For me it is compatible with all the stuff I formerly did in MS Office, word, excel and access.
The latest version is very fast. Don't see any reason to go back to the MS stuff.
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 10:55
by Colonel Panic
The one weakness all the Linux office suites I've tried have is that they can't open a Powerpoint presentation file with an embedded media file. Not even the latest version of Softmaker Office can do it.
Thankfully it's something I don't need to do at the moment, so I'm not overly concerned about it.
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 19:32
by 8-bit
Will MS Office97 Pro work with wine?
I seem to recall being able to use Word from it with wine.
And I have to agree that embedded stuff in a PowerPoint file does not work correctly in libreoffice.
Yet another reason for me to try MS Office97 Pro with wine just to see.
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 20:12
by Colonel Panic
8-bit wrote:Will MS Office97 Pro work with wine?
I seem to recall being able to use Word from it with wine.
And I have to agree that embedded stuff in a PowerPoint file does not work correctly in libreoffice.
Yet another reason for me to try MS Office97 Pro with wine just to see.
You said what I meant to say - they can open the Powerpoint file, but they can't play any media files inside. I'll try to be clearer in future. I don't know the answer to the Office97 question.