[ale] abiword

Prasanna Subash subash at skyline.external.hp.com
Fri Oct 25 15:17:32 EDT 2002


try openoffice. The lastest one seems really good.

On Tuesday 22 October 2002 09:42, cfowler wrote:
> Thank You! I really get upset when I get Word documents.
>
> I'm on Linux so send me PDF please!
>
> On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 09:35, Geoffrey wrote:
> > Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > > On Monday 21 October 2002 11:21 pm, tom wrote:
> > >>How can I send a document via email using abiword?
> > >
> > > Tom,
> > >
> > > I do not think Abiword has an e-mail module; you will have to use
> > > an existing e-mail program such as Kmail or one from a browser.
> > >
> > > if the recipient can handle the Abiword format just attach and send;
> > > Else, SaveAs Word or Word Perfect document (I forget which Abiword
> > >       supports), then attach and send;
> > > OrElse save as a text document (lose all formatting) and paste into
> > >       body of e-mail.
> >
> > Never incourage the use of Word.  If they can handle the abiword format,
> > send it that way, otherwise use pdf, html or text.
> >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> > to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> >
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