Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:34:56 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: office apps Message-ID: <20100607163456.GB2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra>
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On Jun 06 2010 21:56, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 01:34:16PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite? > > OOo is such a pig. It takes a good minute to start it up and open a > > spreadsheet. > > > > Short of the full suite, how about just a spreadsheet program that supports > > complex formulas and charting? If it could also be used without X11 when > > charting isn't needed, that would make my day. > > It may be a little late to ask -- but I notice nobody else addressed the > matter: > > Does your OO.o replacement have to be somewhat compatible with MS Office? > > If so . . . does it have to be two-way compatible? > > There are options for one-way compatibility (e.g., catdoc for turning MS > Word files into plain text), but for being able to interoperate to > roughly arbitrary degrees with users of MS Office I'm not aware of > anything other than OO.o, KOffice, and whatever GNOME's using, that would > work for the purposes you described. Maybe someone else can comment on > the suitability of recent versions of Abiword and Gnumeric (for > instance). > > Ever since it essentially stopped being possible to install OO.o from a > binary package on FreeBSD for me (at least without also installing Java), > I've dreaded the day I will no longer have the venerable OO.o install > from way back when and some jackass expects me to talk back and forth via > MS Excel. I loathe "applications" written in VBA, to put it mildly, and > only my loathing for MS Windows and MS Office has kept that ancient OO.o > install on one of my computers for so long. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] That's a very good point. For most of what I need to do, it's not an issue. But I do have clients who send me Word docs, and one who requires that I send them specs in Word format. For that, I guess I'm stuck using some behemoth office tool, if only for converting from a different format. I'm currently doing that work on a Windows workstation, but I'd like to limit my involvement with Windows to only developing for it when I must. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com
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