In a previous message, Curtis Rey wrote:
I have also heard that using CodeWeavers office plugins for wine works quite nicely, in fact many report it runs M$ office as well as in Windows.
CrossiverOffice is a souped-up version of wine. It installs easily on SuSE systems and works excellently for MS Office. Access support is still patchy but is being actively pursued and is in beta ATM. Word, Excel, Powerpoint work very well - as has been said, pretty much as well as on Windows.
The CodeWeaver stuff takes a Wine installation, which can be a bit tricky,
However, this isn't quite right. The wine setup is done by the insallation program and is completely transparent to the user. I've never had to touch the wine configuration. This is the joy of CrossoverOffice :-) But it is why you have to pay for it - as Curtis wrote, normal wine can be a pain to get working. Paying removes this hassle. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!