On Thursday 21 June 2007 13:29, Mark Haney wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> I have a similar setup. I use ntfs-3g to be able to read and write to > >> my NTFS drive, but instead of using MS office, I use Openoffice to read > >> and write my Word/Excel documents. I've had very little trouble in the > >> way of import/formatting problems and most of those were easy to > >> rectify. Maybe this will work for you. > > > > What version of Openoffice are you using ? I think FC5 by default has > > version 1.X, which does have some problems with certain MS documents. > > However, the latest versions, 2.X, are much improved. I've not had any > > compatibility problems since updating. > > > > If you are using 1.X, I would consider updating to 2.X (the latest is > > 2.2 - There are rpms available from the main openoffice web site site). > > You may find you don't need MS office at all ;) > > > > Chris > > I'm definitely using Oo2, but my boss loves his Excel Spreadsheets and > in some cases his exotic formatting doesn't import correctly. Nothing I > can't fix, so I'm not all that worried about it. I do use OOo2 for 99% of my work, but I have a small number of structured Word documents that won't work in oowriter. I'll look into ntfs-3g, and have another go at wine to get MSWord working. Thanks anyway. -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
