ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 209

[Doug Jernigan]

There is also scribe for page layout and gimp for a photoshop replacement.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Mark H. Nichols <ubuntu.prole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Dec 18, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Douglas Khumalo wrote:
>
> Friends in of Ubuntu, Iam new to this Operating System but I want to be
> using it. I have loaded it very well, but to my surprise, I can only use
> Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Powerpoint presentation. Where are the
> other applications, e.g. Access, Publisher etc? All how can I manage to
> install the rest application
>
>
> Access and Publisher are Microsoft programs, and as such run on the Windows
> line of operating systems.  If you want to use those programs you'll need to
> install a virtual machine with a Windows OS, and then the programs.
>
> OpenOffice, a free multi-os suite of tools includes Writer, Calc, Impress,
> Draw, and Base, which are equivalents to Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Paint, and
> Access.  You can learn more about OpenOffice at http://openoffice.org
>
> Mark
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Doug Jernigan
Carson City, Nevada
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