On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 14:12, Andre Truter wrote:
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:48, Ralph Sanford wrote:
The release Staroffice 6.0 CD includes the version for Linux, Windows, Solaris. Also includes adabas database and Java 1.3.1
IMO the importing of MS files into Staroffice is better than OO 1.0. Mostly in that OO converted all the hyphens and quotation marks to question marks, whereas Staroffice appears to import correctly. Staroffice also appears to handle powerpoint slightly better than OO.
The current Staroffice 6.0 handles import of MS formats very well, but not perfectly. While perfection is desirable, I believe that expecting perfection is unrealistic. My experience with Wordperfect Office and Lotus Smartsuite (plus earlier with Describe) is that a very good import is as good as it gets. Similarly the exchange of files between MS 97 and MS XP tends to be very good but also not perfect.
As far as I know, the reason that OO displays question marks instead of hyphens and quotes and SO does not, is because SO comes with more fonts.
After I installed the MS web fonts, my OO displayed the hyphens and quotes correctly as well.
HTH --
Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net
Already had the MS web fonts installed and did not have this problem with OpenOffice 638 through 641d, but OO 1.0 had the special character problem. Re-using the MS font script would have been a quick and easy fix, so it just tried it. No joy. The special characters now show as open boxes (sort of like an editor program reading a DOS file) rather than as question marks. Thanks for your suggestion, but I will just stick to Staroffice 6.0. -- Ralph Sanford - If your government does not trust you, rsanford@telusplanet.net - should you trust your government? DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01