Thanks for the response. Comments in-line. On Monday 30 March 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Just to be clear - what I need is a way to edit MS mixed English and > > Hebrew word documents which will be read by Windows users. At the monent > > the only way I can do that is by booting into XP ;-( > > If you are creating the documents and others are reading, then there > are two solutions: > > 1) Open Office 3.0 handles MS Office documents <= 2003 in a reasonable > manner. If you are producing the documents for distribution, then > expect no problems (but don't be mad at me if there are). Sometime > receiving documents for MS Office users is not ideal, but creating > them is fine.
Boy, I wish this were true. First, I have found that Open Office has a very difficult time with mixed Hebrew and English. Second, I have found that a mixed Hebrew/English document created with Open Office will get messed up when viewed with MS Word. Have others had a different experience ? > > 2) Again, use OOo 3.0 but instead of distributing DOC files, > distribute PDF files. DOC files are not meant for distributing, their > viewer application is buggy and rarely used (users will likely open > the documents in an editor, ie, MS Word) and has other problems. No, DOC format is a requirement. > > > > If you need to recieve and colaborate with MS Windows users, you have > two options: > > 1) Buy MS Windows and MS Office and use them. I actually like > Microsoft's office suit, but I hate their operating systems! I have both. I just don't want to have to boot into Windows to be able to do what I need to do. > > 2) Convince your collaborators to use Open Office. This is suprisingly > easy, many people are willing to get rid of MS Office. Although I > personally prefer MS Office and use OOo out of necessity (Linux user), > I find that most people prefer OOo for some reason, once they see it. > Go figure. Sorry to say, not up to me. -- The day is short, and the work is great, | Aharon Schkolnik and the laborers are lazy, and the reward | is great, and the Master of the house is | aschkol...@gmail.com impatient. - Ethics Of The Fathers Ch. 2 | 054 3344135
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