Re: [tlug] Using Linux for the desktop

[Matt Gushee <mgushee@example.com>]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:34:50AM +0900, Michael Doughty wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:04:06PM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote:
> > In any case, Office 2000 is multi-lingual, and I find my US version of
> > Word 2000 works pretty well for Japanese documents--supports vertical
> > text and so on. So for gaijin wanting to work with Japanese documents,
> > an English version might be the best solution.
> 
> Really?  Does it support ruby text as well?  I was under the impression
> that the English version lacked both of these features.

Oops, wait a minute! I think you're right ... I must have confused
Word+Crossover office with OpenOffice--which was pretty impressive in
Japanese, though it still has the compatibility problems and the
sluggishness. Basically I avoid office suites as much as possible these
days, in any language. Oh well ... apologies to those who may have
gotten excited over my good news.

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