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Can I  run MSoffice files (like word files or Excel) with Star Office
(or open office) when i'm using linux? And can I create files with
Star Office (or open office) on linux that can be read with MS OFFICE
on windows?

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Quote:> Can I  run MSoffice files (like word files or Excel) with Star Office
> (or open office) when i'm using linux? And can I create files with Star
> Office (or open office) on linux that can be read with MS OFFICE on
> windows?

Yes
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Yes
Yes (with codeweaver support)
Yes

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Quote:> Can I  run MSoffice files (like word files or Excel) with Star Office
> (or open office) when i'm using linux? And can I create files with
> Star Office (or open office) on linux that can be read with MS OFFICE
> on windows?

I'm going to be charitable and assume that you mean "read" where
you wrote "run."  In which  case, yes.  If, on the other hand,
you're trying to use Office files to deliver stealth executables,
the answer is basically "no."

Most of us consider this a Good Thing.

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Quote:> Can I  run MSoffice files (like word files or Excel) with Star Office
> (or open office) when i'm using linux?

Yes.  Presuming that by "run" you really mean "open".  The Word Basic
macros in Word documents won't run in Star Office (not in the v5.2 I
have anyway), but you can view and edit the document.

Quote:> And can I create files with Star Office (or open office) on linux that
> can be read with MS OFFICE on windows?

Yes.

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Quote:> Can I  run MSoffice files (like word files or Excel) with Star Office
> (or open office) when i'm using linux? And can I create files with Star
> Office (or open office) on linux that can be read with MS OFFICE on
> windows?

Yeah, why not, I do just that quite often.  I write work at university
(word, Excel, Win NT) and at home (OpenOffice, Mandrake Linux), transporting
files between the two happily.  Depends what you want to do though - in
some cases OO doesn't handle complex stuff in Office documents well.  I
have never had a problem, but as ever YMMV. :)

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Andrew Preater
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andrew [at] *windowsxp.com

When I was considering the switch to Linux I had the same questions. To
answer it I downloaded StarOffice for Windows and loaded my Office
files and worked with them to see for myself. I switched when I was
convinced it would not be a problem.

Scott
--
Linux never goes down on me...
...even when promised dinner and a movie.

Star Office/Open Office can read and write to MS Office Files.  

When in Star Office/Open Office you can save your files as MS Office
files and MS Office will be able to read them.

Steve

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