OpenOffice (was Re: Advice on wysiwyg editor)
> > Well, I need a wysiwyg editor a la M$ Word. The documents I'll edit
> > are more or less as complex as one see in papers, I mean, numbered
> > schemes, headers, footers, inserted images and tables, page
> > numbers, footnotes, text styles, chapters, TOCs, etc.
> > So far I'm trying with Kword, Abiword and Lyx. Abiword is better
> > that Kword at importing M$ Word documents. Lyx seems to be the
> > perfect tool for the task, but it lacks (to my taste) a little
> > feedback.
>
> Neither Kword or Abiword supports footnotes. For footnotes and
> WYSIWYG, you can use Lyx or OpenOffice. While OpenOffice has a
> somewhat strange UI (It was even worse in StarOffice 5.2, which tried
> to take control over your desktop) it has all features you mention
> and unlike Lyx, it *feels* like MS Word. Some features of MS Word is
> missing of course, and it a resource hog. My experience is with
> version 641C.
I'm downloading build 641c right now. I would like to know if there is
any issue with installing such a big program which is not a Debian
package, regarding future maintenance, upgrade, uninstallation, etc.
In the archives I've found some issues with the installation, but
already solved anyway.
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