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Re: Which word-processor/spread-sheet works with Executor/Linux?
>>>>> "Stewart" == Stewart Smith <ssmith@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au> writes:
Stewart> Hi People, Which spread-sheets and word-processors work
Stewart> under Executor/Linux? A while back I tried MS Word 5.1
Stewart> under 1.99c demo version. It seemed to work most of the
Stewart> time, but I didn't test it extensively.
Word 5.1 should run nicely under Executor/Linux 1.99m. Unfortunately,
there are still some outstanding printing problems. There are some
special characters (bullets) that get printed out wrong over here (a
NeXT printer and an HP running an old version of GhostScript) and on
top of that, many other people with PostScript printers say that our
output won't print at all.
Stewart> Does MS Word 5.1 work reliably? How about MS Excel? If
Stewart> so, which version?
Excel 4.x should work nicely. Same printing problems, though.
Stewart> I need something that will work almost seamlessly, since
Stewart> the people who will be using it are computing novices...
I am not an objective judge. I think it's close enough to be worth
trying, especially under 1.99m. You might want to tweak some
environment variables (SystemFolder, ConfigurationFolder, perhaps
MacVolumes) so that each user can have her/his own System and
Configuration area.
Please let us know how it turns out. If there are problems, we'll try
to fix them, since this sort of use of Executor is in fact what it's
planned for. Probably the best e-mail address to send status reports
to is "bugs@ardi.com", even if (I cross my fingers here) you have more
praise than bugs to send.
--Cliff
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