I'm really a big fan of the New KOffice (the full release, not the beta). It's got a great set of features, including handling *.doc files--which was one of the biggest barriers to migrating completely to Linux). Spellchecking seems fine. Basically, it was a damned good word processor. Plus it won the best word processor award from one of the Linux magazines recently (sorry, my back issues are in a box, and I can't check them for more info right now).
Having said that, I did have a few problems getting it to work. When I first tried it on debian (loading the unstable packages into a woody distribution) I got a sigfault about halfway into the second page. I think that was because I'd screwed up the installation, though. When I upgraded everything to unstable, it worked fine. Unfortunately, I had to quickly pack my linux box away and ship it across the pacific. I'm still waiting for it to arrive (now using a borrowed, non-Linux computer), so I haven't been able to really stress test it. But, from what I saw, I liked the look and feel a lot better than AbiWord. KWord and AbiWord seem to be the top contenders, whith StarOffice a lagging third. I suggest you try them all out, and then make up your mind. -Rich- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
