> > Well, I need a wysiwyg editor a la M$ Word. The documents I'll edit > > are more or less as complex as one see in papers, I mean, numbered > > schemes, headers, footers, inserted images and tables, page > > numbers, footnotes, text styles, chapters, TOCs, etc. > > So far I'm trying with Kword, Abiword and Lyx. Abiword is better > > that Kword at importing M$ Word documents. Lyx seems to be the > > perfect tool for the task, but it lacks (to my taste) a little > > feedback. > > Neither Kword or Abiword supports footnotes. For footnotes and > WYSIWYG, you can use Lyx or OpenOffice. While OpenOffice has a > somewhat strange UI (It was even worse in StarOffice 5.2, which tried > to take control over your desktop) it has all features you mention > and unlike Lyx, it *feels* like MS Word. Some features of MS Word is > missing of course, and it a resource hog. My experience is with > version 641C.
I'm downloading build 641c right now. I would like to know if there is any issue with installing such a big program which is not a Debian package, regarding future maintenance, upgrade, uninstallation, etc. In the archives I've found some issues with the installation, but already solved anyway. -- Daniel Toffetti --- 'There is no spoon...' - The Matrix Running the bleeding edge Debian Sid version 3.0 Linux luni 2.4.13 #1 SMP Sun Oct 28 18:30:53 ART 2001 i686 unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
