On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 08:38:31AM -0500, Ryan D'Baisse wrote: > I'm trying to find a professional word processor for Linux without > using Crossover or Wine. I am simply not satisfied with OpenOffice. > I write a lot of technical documents and need things such as > intelligent bulletting, table of contents functionality, etc. I do > not mind paying for the product. I'm not sure what you mean by "intelligent bulleting", but it sounds like a marketing buzzword. In which case MS Word probably has it, but it doesn't work correctly. > > I have tried finding Corel WordPerfect, but the Corel site has no > mention of Linux any longer. I am downloading StarOffice v7.0 from > Sun's site, at the moment, but do not know of a single person who is > using it. > > Any recommendations? For serious technical documentation, I use DocBook, an XML/SGML DTD designed for techincal documents. I would also look at LaTex and variations thereon. A lot of large companies like IBM and HP use SGML, as does the U.S. Air Force and other government agencies, for technical documentation. The major disadvantage of word processors is that they blur the difference between content and presentation. This allows fuzzy thinking on the writer's part. It also lets the writer dink around with presentation, which should be left to the style sheet designer. OpenOffice.org is the least evil word processor I've seen because it lets you use styles for more things than any other, almost as much as DocBook. If you have the discipline to use styles in OpenOffice.org, you can approach the separation I described. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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