[KLUG Members] is there ?????? for linux
Russell Dillenburg
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Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:26:32 -0700 (PDT)
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A program I like for linux is SUN Star Office. I like to think of it as a "better" M$ office suite. I believe you can do all that you need with this.
Russell
Adam Williams wrote:>I have a co-worker that is thinking about switching to Linux. He was
>asking if there is an equivalent for creata-card/Printshop and also
>for M$ Publisher in Linux. Any ideas??
Directly, I think "no"
1. Print shop - I'm pretty certain not. But I also don't really
understand the continued popularity of these packages, an office package
with the correct templates can do all this. I'm pretty certain you won't
find anything like print shop.
2. M$ Publisher - First, let me preface my saying: "Gawd! I hate this
app! What the *$(@() *(&$(*&@(+ $&&@^&@ &^%#$&^@ is the point! Oh,
right! To make truly enourmous files!" Ahem..... There are 'direct'
completitors like Scribus. High end steep-learning-curve solutions like
LaTex. And I think KDE has a desktop publishing package. And then there
is Open Office. I've seen M$ Published and really I don't get it, it
doesn't do anything at all that Open Draw doesn't do (as far as I can
tell) and it has a really hard time producing files any printing company
can use (the whole point of a publishing package, yes?).
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<P>A program I like for linux is SUN Star Office. I like to think of it as a "better" M$ office suite. I believe you can do all that you need with this.
<P>Russell
<P> <B><I>Adam Williams <ADAM@MORRISON-IND.COM></I></B>wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">>I have a co-worker that is thinking about switching to Linux. He was<BR>>asking if there is an equivalent for creata-card/Printshop and also<BR>>for M$ Publisher in Linux. Any ideas??<BR><BR>Directly, I think "no"<BR><BR>1. Print shop - I'm pretty certain not. But I also don't really<BR>understand the continued popularity of these packages, an office package<BR>with the correct templates can do all this. I'm pretty certain you won't<BR>find anything like print shop.<BR><BR>2. M$ Publisher - First, let me preface my saying: "Gawd! I hate this<BR>app! What the *$(@() *(&$(*&@(+ $&&@^&@ &^%#$&^@ is the point! Oh,<BR>right! To make truly enourmous files!" Ahem..... There are 'direct'<BR>completitors like Scribus. High end steep-learning-curve solutions like<BR>LaTex. And I think KDE has a desktop publishing package. And then there<BR>is Open Office. I've seen M$ Published and really I don't get it, it<BR>doesn't do anything at all that Open Draw doesn't do (as far as I can<BR>tell) and it has a really hard time producing files any printing company<BR>can use (the whole point of a publishing package, yes?).<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Members mailing list<BR>Members@kalamazoolinux.org<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><TABLE width="67%" border=0>
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