[NTLUG:Discuss] Office forms

[Randall Gibson]

vmware?? Lets see, do I want to run StarOffice Slowly, or M$ Office Slowly?? Hehe. I do hope If/When SO 6 is GPL'd alot of improvements to if or from it can be made. Since yours is the only response, I guess thats all there is. I am stuck with Star Office for now. I couldnt find anything better to use either, unless I type all the feilds in, and that would slow down the process also, so no point there either.
	Thanks though :)

	Randall Gibson

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:54:12 Kevin Brannen wrote:
> Randall Gibson wrote:
> > 
> > Hello to all :)
> >         I have a desire to stop using Star Office to fill out some forms I use for work to close calls/order Parts/Timecard.... Star Office is so extremely slow, it is a burden at often times, and I would like to keep it just for opening a occasional M$ Office document, not for everyday use. The forms are to be faxed in, so format is not a issue.
> 
> Yeh, it is a real resource pig.  I suspect that if it were a set of programs
> so you ran only what you used instead of 1 huge program, it'd be
> reasonable...oh well...
> 
> >         Basically all I need, once it is set up, is to tab to a few designated fields, fill in the blanks, choose from a couple drop down menu's for trouble codes, and check a few boxes for other options. This is to make it compatable with the M$ doc form my company sent me to do these tasks. It took quite awhile to get it setup in Star Office (I opted to use a database to track parts) and I am not happy with the results. Takes longer to open Star Office and then the form than it takes to fill it out.
> >         I have tried Abiword, and it is missing several features I need. Hopefully later :)
> >         Thanks for any input on this subject.
> 
> Part of me hates to say this, but have you considered running Vmware and
> running the M$ software under that?  There are a couple of M$ programs I can't
> quite give up yet either, due to there being no Linux equivalent.  That works
> pretty well for me, though part of me hates to continue using the M$ stuff (as
> I want Linux to be more successful on the desktop).
> 
> HTH,
> Kevin
> 
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