Why don't they just make one format that everyone follows...like ISO for comptuer formats. -----Original Message----- From: w7ntf@aol.com [mailto:w7ntf@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:25 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Windows programs under Linux I must say that Star Office does a terrible job at importing M$ Excel documents as well. A document created on Microsoft Office was imported into my SuSE 7.3 box at work, with Star Office installed. Work was done on the Excel document and several days later it was exported again... When I sent that document to my corporate office for review, they were fit to be tied. Star Office changed the previous formats of many cells, and corrupted many others. It was a total waste of my time. The assumption is faulty that one can work on a real Excel or any other Microsoft Office document, import it to Star Office, work on it some more, and then export it again without difficulty. It just can't be done. That's why I continue to do my corporate work on a laptop with Windows 98SE, and keep my personal computer with SuSE Linux on the desk for telecomputing and playing... If and when someone can come up with a nearly 100% MS Office compatible office suite for linux, I would like to try it. Until then I am begrudgingly forced to keep the laptop with M$ products. ;-( Regards, Gary