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From: claird@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Cameron Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.text
Subject: Commercial "word-processing" and FreeBSD
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Date: 4 Jul 1997 09:39:03 -0500
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What's the easiest way to transact .doc sources from Microsoft
Word (presumably a volatile mix of Word 95, Word 97, and perhaps
an occasional earlier version--I understand Word has poor com-
patibility between releases) using a modestly-equipped but
adequately peppy FreeBSD-on-PC host? If I spend money for a
copy of Word 95, will I be able to get wine working well enough
to satisfy me? Is there any other handy way to review .doc-s?
Is there something in the public domain that can read and write
RTF?
Eventually I'll be asking similar questions for FrameMaker; is
there any hope Adobe'll release one for FreeBSD? Does an FM-
for-PC run OK through wine?
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Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html
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