On Fri, 2001-08-31 at 11:59, F Zimmermann wrote: > > On 31 Aug 2001, charles verbeken wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > This is regarding a few questions regarding the installationa and the > > compatibility of debian OS. Will I be able to use my former office 98 files > > and other systems previously used i.e. ms paint etc. > > > > Thanks for reading. > > Well first it's NOT the OS that is compatible with the files it's the > applications running on that OS. MS Office files, yes there are > applications you can use: StarOffice, highly compatible to MS Office; then > there are some command line tools to rip off the chunk from Office files > and use them as text files. MS Paint no idea; if they are using a non > standard format (very very likely; why using standards?) then you might be > unlucky.
MS Paint uses Windows BMP files which can be opened by The GIMP (Photoshop for Linux) or converted using ImageMagick. Ross
