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Subject:RE: Word to OpenOffice - what to do with styles? From:Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:'Nancy Allison' <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>, Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> Date:Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:57:47 -0500
> Kevin McLauchlan, have you moved to that happy land where we
> can have ham and eggs every day AND use Linux?
No and yes.
Others have already responded, no doubt, but the short answer
is that OpenOffice.org is cross-platform.
One of the reasons that I like it is that, at the office, I
can use the same program to work on a document whether I'm
booted into Windows or Linux (without the bother of Wine
or the expense of X-over Office).
Another reason is that, at home, I run Linux exclusively.
But no, I don't have an environment where I'm actually
encouraged/expected to work in Linux -- I just do, sometimes
when I happen to be documenting for the use of our products
on Linux... or at least I'm beginning to. At home, I do
have a toy Mac iBook (from early this century), and I might
install OOo there, too, just for fun... and to get the dust
off the iBook. :-)
Next frontier, Solaris.
Cheers,
Kevin
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