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worker201

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« on: 16 September 2003, 01:01 »
I tried doing some word processing with my new Linux system this weekend, and I don't really care for OpenOffice.  I seem to remember that WordPerfect was available for Linux a while back (like 5+ years ago).  Is it around still?  How can I get a hold of it?  Will it run on SuSE 8.2?

thanks a ton

by the way, nothing felt better than telling Yast to completely overwrite my old Win partition.  free at last...
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« Reply #1 on: 16 September 2003, 01:50 »
Their is Corel's WordPerfect 8 for Linux.
download: http://athena.corel.com/cfscripts/corelnews/corelnews_lxwp8dwnld_form.cfm
(...I don't know if their is a link without the registration...)

info + istallation: http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/wpfaq-singlepage.html

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« Reply #2 on: 16 September 2003, 02:30 »
Thanks a million!

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« Reply #3 on: 16 September 2003, 02:47 »
Bad news, that fist link doesn't work anymore  :confused:  
Try this: http://www.linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/downloadwp8.html
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« Reply #4 on: 16 September 2003, 02:51 »
It's less easy but still works on SuSE.

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« Reply #5 on: 16 September 2003, 08:15 »
May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?
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« Reply #6 on: 17 September 2003, 01:59 »
I prefer to use KOffice. Open office is great but the open office programs take longer to load than the microsoft programs.
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« Reply #7 on: 17 September 2003, 02:57 »
StarOffice with the right fonts and the not so very entirely legal patches.  :rolleyes:    ;)
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« Reply #8 on: 17 September 2003, 03:01 »
quote:
Originally posted by suselinux:
May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?


Well, the first thing I didnt like about OpenOffice was that it took so long to load - but that's only cosmetic and not a real problem.

Didn't care too much for the fonts, either, and that's something that is going to take a while to get used to.

But I guess my biggest problem is that I have been typing daily with Word Perfect for like 8 years now, and nothing else feels right.  Especially after you get your custom dictionaries set up and auto-correct personalized to hell.  It's unfortunate that the downloadable Linux version of WordPerfect does not have custom dictionaries.
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« Reply #9 on: 17 September 2003, 03:36 »
quote:
Originally posted by suselinux:
May I ask What youd didn't like about OpenOffice?


They still need something like "MS Acces".
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