Re: WordPerfect Office 2000 - Opinions?
On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 04:11:36PM -0700, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> Has anyone tried WordPerfect Office 2000? I have three days to
> decide or lose a $15 discount. I am using 8 download edition and
> am relatively happy, but it's obviously missing some useful
> features like templates and a manual.
It's okay. Very buggy, but with more features, including some that
are actually useful (e.g. in WP9 they've brought back "Print
Preview". I haven't tried any apps other than WP9.
> Is it slow?
Yes, but it's faster than StarOffice.
> It's Wine-based, does that introduce compatibility issues -- like
> will upgrading WINE kill WP?
No. The Corel WINE is installed in a different location and should
never interact with "real" WINE.
> Or am I better off getting the commercial version of 8?
Do you need a spreadsheet? A presentation program?
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Carl Fink carlf@dm.net
I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 was Geoffrey
A. Landis. Any suggestions for 2001? <http://www.iconsf.org/>
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