On 29 January 2014 21:03, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote:
> Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as > requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of > Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost it. > How unstable Windows can be at times like this! > > When I looked at my very rare need for Windows, I found that I only have > occasional need to use Microsoft Word to open a docx file which is heavily > formatted and shows complete garbage in Libreoffice, and for the very > occasional publisher file I am sent. I have now successfully installed > Word and Publisher under Wine and assume I will never need to boot Windows > again. Oh, thank you!!!! > > Barry Drake. > "Free at last, free at last, we are Windows-free at last." You might also want to check out Kingsoft Office Linux. It's not as fully-featured as Word or Libreoffice yet, but it opens and edits Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents pretty much flawlessly (though it doesn't do stuff like conditional formatting yet). It's a good backup when LibreOffice chokes. http://wps-community.org/ Jonathon - -
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