[wellylug] Microsoft At WellyLUG last night.

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:58, Jamie wrote:

> Spreadsheeting is OK. Usually word is the problem - and usually it's
> people using unusual techniques in formatting that stuffs things up. If
> someone was to format a complex document using Microsoft recommended
> techniques, then 99 % of the time it's ok. But the problem is we have
> driver error on the other side...

I have Office 97, and I like the outliner in Word for thinking, designing...

And I don't have the slightest problem running Word (97 in my case) in WINE, 
or Excel if I wanted.  Gnumeric however is so compatible with Excel I 
understand it runs Excel macros.  (I read this a while ago, and don't do 
Excel macros, so don't know myself.)

That's what WINE is for, and focused on.

I've run AutoCAD on WINE.

A lot cheaper for a business than paying Microsoft.  Xandros's CrossOver 
Office does an even better job of running Windows software.

Cheers,
Bret
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