> I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity > to > study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. > I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported, > though the files should not have been saved with the "Fast Save" option. I > have received a number of files which I suspect are WinWord 97 for which I > got > the message "no filter available". Also, WordPerfect files are not recognized. > > In summary, Star Office 4.0 looks like a nice office package, but its > interoperability isn't super. >
As was disscussed not long ago on this list, you can try to verify if it is indeed a WinWord 97 documents by using the strings command. For a word 6 Document I got $ strings /MS/winword/Document/openu/20417_15.doc | grep Word Microsoft Word 6.0 Document MSWordDoc Word.Document.6 Microsoft Word 6.0 Microsoft Word 6.0 Microsoft Word 6.0 $ > The Web site lists Star Office 5.0 features which include filters for Word > 97, > AmiPro, WordPro, WordPerfect, PowerPoint97, Excel 97, etc., etc. Looks like > a nice product but I couldn't tell if it is available yet and how much it > costs. By the way, does someone knows if, and to waht level, does Star Office supports multiple languages ? I am particulary interested in Hebrew, which ofcourse needs its special fonts, but even more problematic then that is the fact that it is written from right to left. (I think that Arabic is also written from right to left.) What other languages, if any, are written this way ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
