On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:34:42AM +0200, Avraham Rosenberg wrote: > As you may guess, the friend which I am trying to help uses > Microsoft Windows, and will, in the end build an excell file, but > the MS tools we know are not adequate to deal with such a task. > Maybe he will realize that Linux offers, after all, possibilities > which Windows does not.
Actually it can be done easily in WordBasic. If you really wanted to be spiffy, you could use WordBasic to propigate an Access database and then use Access to format the letters and email them with Outlook. WordBasic is included with Word and Outlook Express, which is free (as in no charge) will do if he bought Word and not the complete Office package. If you are not careful, what you will show your friend is that you are a slave to your your prejudices and forced him to adopt Linux and use tools he has to spend a lot of time learning, when he could have done it in less than a day with Microsoft tools. IMHO not a good way to promote Linux, FOSS, or yourself. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
