[KLUG Members] Re: Calling all Linux novices: -- there is no solution to moving file format changes

[Jim C]

> 1.  They need to stop upgrading.
> 2.  They need to adopt the software that reads that version
> 
> If you stopped with Word 95**, then you're set today (I did** ;-).
> If you stopped with Word 97, Corel already offers an alternative, and StarOffice
> is damn close.

Don't forget OpenOffice. :-)
It makes a nice package for weaning folks off of MS Office.  I have some 
rather sohpisticated spreadsheets which I imported into OpenOffice Calc 
from Excel awhile back and they run just fine.

> Of course #1 doesn't help you with colleagues that refuse to see the problem.
> 
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> all new technical documentation in LyX at that time. ]
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