Re: OpenOffice (was Re: Advice on wysiwyg editor)
Daniel Toffetti <dtoffe@softhome.net> writes:
> > > 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.
FYI, there is a Debian OpenOffice package of 638c available here:
deb http://people.debian.org/~nidd/debian/ unstable/
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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