> > Here's a solution: don't use VMWare at all. Great idea. >Just get StarOffice and mount your Windows partition in Linux, then you never even >have to > bother with the Microsoft products and you don't need to move your files Another good one...if my needs were the same as yours. I'd agree that this is a reasonable solution for most people, though I still don't like that silly Star Office desktop. Unfortunately, while Star Office is very good at import/export of Word documents, it's not good enough to suit my needs. First, it doesn't have sufficient font support, though I suppose that can be fixed with some work. But more importantly, I do a lot of work requiring a lot of graphics imbedding and fairly precise page layout. Often these documents are also very large (2-3 megabytes). All of this stretches the limits of Star Office beyond it's ability to do Word import/export. Also, there is no ability whatever to import/export Word Perfect documents. This is another thing I need as I have to provide this format at times. > The pressure on me to run a virtual machine lessens with each passing > week. I can do nearly anything I need to in Linux alone. Note the personal pronoun "I". I'd be thrilled to be in your position as I'm wasting far too much time fumbling with dual-boot this or that and emulators trying to solve this problem. Cheers --- Larry
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