Re: [Sheflug] Open Office

[Richard Stevenson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiya :)

On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Richard Ibbotson wrote:

> Just been trying out Open Office 641D.  This is the last one before
> the 1.0 release.    I've been using Star Office for everything for a
> year or so now.  That wasn't too bad.

Does it print ok, and can it handle non-PostScript printers easily?  I
tried the previous version here and it barfed on something soon enough
that I just deleted it.  It annoyed me :P

> Open Office would seem to be an improvement on SO 5.2.   Works fine
> on my workstation.  If anyone out there wants a copy of this on CD
> then I can produce one and send it to them for the usual cost of CD
> and postage and padded envelope.  You'll need broadband to download
> it because it's a 66Mb file.

<grin>  One advantage of hanging off the end of the biggest cable from NZ
to the States :)

Cheers

R

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