bigjohn Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Sometime ago, a copy of linuxformat magazine dropped onto my door mat. I had a "rave revue" of codeweavers crossover office amongst the pages. I read, and digested the article. It made it sound so good, I figured that I had to "give it a whirl". But having considered my "preponderance" for meddling, I decided to pay that little extra for a CD copy (you get to download it as well, while waiting for the CD to arrive). So anyhow, I installed it closely followed by MS office 2000. The only minor problem that arose was that it would install disc 1, but it didn't want to entertain the second disc (MSoffice 2000 premium is 4 cd in total). Since then, I've meddled lot's, trying other distro's (gentoo, debian, knoppix on hard drive, slackware), and messed about with my partition scheme etc etc (I'm sure you get the picture). Anyhow, after the last distro tryout (gentoo), I managed to screw it up gloriously, and decided to return to the fold and got myself a copy of mandy 10 official, a powerpack dvd. Which is what I'm currently using. But there's also been more about crossover in Linux format, so i've only just remembered that I had the CD of it. So I've just installed that, then dived off to codeweavers site and because I originally bought the CD version (presumably) I've just been able to upgrade it to the latest 3.0.1 version gratis. I've just had a quick go at producing my first MS word document and for good measure, printed it off. I can't help but laugh, at the irony of using a full blown Microsoft product under mandrake, with a pleasant kde background. :lol: So for no other reason than my own amusement, I thought I'd include a screenshot of mandrake 10, using KDE with MS word and Internet explorer open. regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 (edited) I know the feeling :D However, right now I just wish I could use AbiWord 100% to write my letters and documents. I like how it's clean and compact. Although I do miss the auto-complete function OpenOffice has. Edited July 7, 2004 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I know the feeling :D However, right now I just wish I could use AbiWord 100% to write my letters and documents. I like how it's clean and compact. Although I do miss the auto-complete function OpenOffice has. So why don't you use Abiword? I've been using it for all my documents (in Linux and Windows) and I've had no problems - even with major conversions (tables, etc.)... I also use Gnumeric for my spreadsheets and since I don't like/never use powerpoint presentations, that is all I use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I use abiword too, is a great program. I even used the windows one for a while, except one bug kept irritating me, the cursor would go out of sync with the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Well as I mentioned, the "delicious" irony of being able to use a full blown MS app amuses the hell out of me. In truth, the only reason that I (well "we" really) have MS office is because my partner's a teacher and her school only has windows/MS. She refuses to learn anything else citing that she's got enough "on her plate" without trying to learn how to use different software (which IMO is a crap excuse, but.....!). But Abiword ? Last time I saw a write up on office suite's "they" weren't overly critical, but they also weren't full of praise. Hence until I got MSO installed, Id alway's used openoffice - the author's of the write up, reckoned that it was second only to MSO, but represented far, far better value for money (It tied Openoffice with star office, the only critical comment of star office being that while there's a database facility available (I believe, I'm trying to remember what the article said), and that it's only about the 50 quid mark, as Openoffice is a free download it was better VFM). Still, maybe if/when I next do an upgrade, I might give abiword a go. definitely sound's interesting. I also like the windows based "jellyfish backgammon", and intend to have a go at installing that. Then I doubt whether Id ever boot back into windows (which would be nice). regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 (edited) Crossover Office really proves its value because it helps you to finally come to the conclusion that most of those M$ applications are crap anyway. :lol: (I guess that's the irony you're talking about) Edited July 7, 2004 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Yup, pretty much. regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 OOo still doesnt have a word counter. Abiword does :P im running the 2.1 series of Abiword and its top stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamCat Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I ran the Crossover Office 30 day trial last month. Extremely impressive. Of course, the ONE peice of software that keeps me in Windows probably doesn't stand a chance on it. :( But, we'll see. i'm going to buy a Crossover office license anyway. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I ran the Crossover Office 30 day trial last month. Extremely impressive. Of course, the ONE peice of software that keeps me in Windows probably doesn't stand a chance on it. :( But, we'll see. i'm going to buy a Crossover office license anyway. :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What is the 'one piece of software' - perhaps we could suggest alternatives for you or help you make it work with WINE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamCat Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 What is the 'one piece of software' - perhaps we could suggest alternatives for you or help you make it work with WINE? VISI Progress. http://www.vero-software.com/ Apparently VISI is written in VB. Reportedly they are in the process of changing the whole thing to C++. At any rate, as of today VISI must first install VB on a system that does not already have it before VISI can be installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 What is the 'one piece of software' - perhaps we could suggest alternatives for you or help you make it work with WINE? VISI Progress. http://www.vero-software.com/ Apparently VISI is written in VB. Reportedly they are in the process of changing the whole thing to C++. At any rate, as of today VISI must first install VB on a system that does not already have it before VISI can be installed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, that's pretty specialised software. If they're going to redo the whole thing in C++, maybe they'll consider a port? Might be worth your while to contact them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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