Reading Office Files in Linux...

Ben Boulanger ben at blackavar.com
Mon Sep 26 11:54:00 EDT 2005


On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Brian Chabot wrote:
> Anyone know of a program in Linux that can read a password protected M$
> Word 2000 file?  I have the password, but OO.org tells me it can't do
> pssworded files... Ditto for Kword...

Honestly, I have yet to find anything that works flawlessly other than 
original software.. so, I accept MS Office for what it is, a widely used, 
easy to understand and relatively good and full featured office suite.  
Now, make it work under linux... Crossover Office works great for this and 
their price really is worth the lack of headaches you face with weird 
highlighting, passwords, fonts... anything like that.

Just my .02.  

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people by the gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by
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