On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, ' ALLAN W. BART wrote: > hi, > > I see that it is available for home usage for free, you can get a cdrom > for 8 bucks. so how does it stack up against applixware or other packages > that you know of?
I am using Staroffice 4 on my 486DX40. I mainly use the spreadsheet, but have experimented a little bit with the wordprocessor and tried out the image editor and the presentations and database functions.It is extremely slow on my machine. It is not difficult to get it to use all my ram (24 meg) and swap space (about 60 meg). I am not a Windows fan and I am not used to the interface of Staroffice. I find it a bit difficult to use. I do not like the lack of explanation of basics in the help function. I could so far not find an index on spesific detailed topics which means that I am wasting lots of time looking for documentation on certain topics. I want to do as many things using the keyboard and not the mouse because it is faster. I do not use Staroffice for Wordprocessing because I prefer Emacs with LaTeX and LyX. As far as the spreadsheet goes I think it is the first Linux spreadsheet that I have tried that is usable. The only serious work I use Staroffice for, is spreadsheet wordk. I have looked at sc and xspread in the past and also at 321. Coming from a Dos environment where I used the original Quattro I could still not find something with the ease and simplicity of Quattro for a Linux platform. The main reason why I am interested in Staroffice is that most the other computer users I know uses Word or Wordperfect wordprocessors and Staroffice enables me to read Word and Excel documents if necessary. Johann ------------------------------------------------ Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
