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[Joe Metcalfe]

>> [1] As for reading and writing all MS files and anything from any Win 
>> or OSX program, for obvious complete incompatibility AutoCAD and 
>> FruitLoops come to mind. OOo/MSOffice compatibility is still nowhere 
>> near good enough for one to just replace the other.>
>
>I have no idea what "FruitLoops" is. AutoCAD I can believe would be
difficult, but then, the only way to open
>an AutoCAD file is to have a copy of AutoCAD, isn't it? IOW, 99.99% of
Windows PCs can't open AutoCAD files 
>anyway.

>I have in the past found ways to view the contents of plain .DXF files; I
would not be surprised if with some 
>ingenuity, this could be done on Linux.

The main difficulties I have had in reading MS files on Linux is with MS
Publisher (though I don't have Publisher in my Windows copy of MS Office
either!) and with macros in PowerPoint (dynamic content in 3rd part
educational files).

Joe