On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Scott <<a href="mailto:slewin@bmts.com">slewin@bmts.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">Knapp wrote: > If you only use it for your own stuff go with the advice given but if > you trade with others with MS computers then Open Office has worked best > for me. And yes it is a pig but a good pig. </div>Most of the time I create documents for my own use, but for the few times I do create documents for others to see I simply give them the Oasis format, it is a standard after all. :) Can't the Gnome office and Koffice both open MS formats? I ask this because I am much more likely to open MS documents than to give out documents to others. -- Your friend, Scott </blockquote></div> Results vary, MS has a lot of formats and also it depends on what is in the doc and what version of the linux software you are using too. I have all three installed. If one does not do it, I try the next before I waste a bunch of time reformatting. So far OO is the strongest. -- Douglas E Knapp <a href="http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page">http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page</a>