[Tfug] linux distro including staroffice 7? or how to read wordperfect docs on linux? or what's up with sun's java desktop

[Richard Lamoreaux]

Kword works for me on all my old Word Perfect documents. I tried OO, Abi, the only one that 
works well is KWord.

Rich

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:04:10 -0700
Robert Zeigler <rdzeigle at u.arizona.edu> wrote:

> You might take a look at KWord, as well.  I've not used it much, but the 
> last time I was in there (I just dbl checked to make sure), there was a 
> filter to save as word perfect; I'd assume that if they have the filter 
> to write wp, they can probably read it, too.  To what degree, I don't 
> know as I really don't have WP handy. Additionally, Kword can save in 
> the OOwriter format, so, if you like OO, you can use WP as an 
> intermediary to get your WP docs from WP to the OO format.
> 
> Robert
> 
> Andrew Huntwork wrote:
> > I'm about to buy staroffice 7 so that my wife can import wordperfect 
> > docs produced at her office on her laptop that now runs fedora core 2 
> > (possibly much to her dismay -- but it must be better than a win me 
> > install that decided not to boot anymore).  Is there another easy way 
> > for her to import those docs on linux?  (i actually have corel 
> > wordperfect 8 for linux (WINE based) but it is buggy to the extent of 
> > truncating documents along with their backup files -- which I found out 
> > the hard way 3 times).
> > 
> > So since i'm going to shell out some cash for linux software (something 
> > i haven't done since crossover office 1), i'd like to get the most bang 
> > for my buck, so i figured i could get a distro maybe including support 
> > or other apps for about the same price as staroffice 7 alone ($80). does 
> > anyone know of a linux distribution that includes staroffice 7?
> > 
> > It looks like Sun's Java Desktop does have staroffice 7 (along with some 
> > other interesting stuff), but i wonder if i'll be able to install SO 7 
> > from java desktop on fedora core 2.  Does Java Desktop use RPM's or 
> > what?  Does its packages have normal dependencies?  Basically, what's up 
> > with packages on Java Desktop, and specifically, what's up with its 
> > staroffice packages?
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
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