Hey all, This is only slightly OT, as it also has to do with Mac OS X, but also deals with SuSE 8.2 on my machine :) I am looking for a word processor that has ports for SuSE 8.2, and also Mac OS X that supports input of Japanese characters and doesn't have a steep learning curve. The reason? A friend of mine in the US of A is at a summer school and needs to write documents in Japanese [as that is the whole point of the school ;)] but they only "support" Microsoft Word [they have a plugin for that] and she can't afford to spend an arm and a leg on Office for Mac OS X. I also need to run the aforementioned software on SuSE 8.2, and so am looking for something that can handle this. Oh, and quickly too ;) So, anyone have any ideas? Thank you for your time :)
* The Purple Tiger (Jon@tigersden.demon.co.uk) [030628 07:21]:
I am looking for a word processor that has ports for SuSE 8.2, and also Mac OS X that supports input of Japanese characters and doesn't have a steep learning curve.
I think Staroffice has support for Japanese but you might want to ask on suse-linux-ja, the Japanese suse-linux list. -- -ckm
On Saturday 28 June 2003 20:12, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
I think Staroffice has support for Japanese but you might want to ask on suse-linux-ja, the Japanese suse-linux list. Ooh, thank you :) I will look into that one :)
I appreciate your speedy reply :)
I am looking for a word processor that has ports for SuSE 8.2, and also Mac OS X that supports input of Japanese characters
OpenOffice.org, free from http://www.openoffice.org/
and doesn't have a steep learning curve
Not everything is obvious; Haugland & Jones' book *OpenOffice.org 1.0 resource kit* is probably worth the money. Chances are high that your friend will have to deal with MS Word files; OOo can handle these easily. However, before you get too excited, please read the small print about the Mac OS X version at http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html
On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:46, Peter Evans wrote:
OpenOffice.org, free from http://www.openoffice.org/ *takes a look* Ooh :) Asian input support :)
Not everything is obvious; Haugland & Jones' book *OpenOffice.org 1.0 resource kit* is probably worth the money. Right then, I will see if I can locate this book, as it does indeed sound like it would be worth the money *nods*
Chances are high that your friend will have to deal with MS Word files; OOo can handle these easily. Yes, that was a requirement I neglected to mention - sorry about that! But yes, good ole OOo :)
However, before you get too excited, please read the small print about the Mac OS X version at http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html *nods* Worth a try, nonetheless :)
Thank you for your speedy reply :)
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