Hi, everyone on this list is always looking for a office suite that works in Linux and that works well for office tasks. I haven't fully tested out the latest version of Softmaker Office Suite, but it seems to work well for everything I have used it on so far.
The latest free version is available now for download from this url:
http://www.freeoffice.com/en/ Great except they want my email address so they can spam me with "newsletters" (they even state this when they try to get me to give
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Mark Misulich wrote: them my email address) and the FreeOffice version is missing features according to http://www.freeoffice.com/en/features (Commercial version tab)
Thanks, but LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) gives me all this and more for free without harvesting my email address, and it's already included in openSUSE.
C. I bought the commercial version of SoftMaker Office some time ago. They haven't spammed me, and they have been very good about sending me a new copy when I told them I had had to reinstall Linux due to some unrelated problem. It takes a few days for
On 03/04/2013 12:55 PM, C wrote: them to respond, but they do. I felt that the program was worth paying for, and I still do. Since I edit text submitted by others, it helps that it will, for instance, automatically fix inch-mark quotes, which LO and OO cannot do. It seems to read all the MS file types that I have received. I don't (and won't) own MS Office, so I can't test It for all variations. It lacks a data-base, altho perhaps the mail component would suffice--I don't use a db anyway. If you're worried about spamming, why not just put them in your filter list? --doug --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org