Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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.
FYI, there is a Debian OpenOffice package of 638c available here: deb http://people.debian.org/~nidd/debian/ unstable/ -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
