Re: AbiWord on the Web

Alan Horkan wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Michael A. Peters wrote:
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>>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:58:07 +0000
>>From: Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com>
>>To: Abiword User List <abiword-user@abisource.com>
>>Subject: AbiWord on the Web
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>>I don't like OpenOffice, nothing personal - but I find it slow and
>>cumbersome to deal with. AbiWord works very well for me - especially
>>since the 2.0 tree went stable. Fast, easy to use.
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>I like OpenOffice.org because it includes a Word Processor, a Spreadsheet,
>a Presentation program, and a Drawing Program (and PDF export is sweet).
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>>In a discussion, someone claimed that AbiWord just was not in the same
>>"league" as OpenOffice.
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>On the internet people are mean. It is unfair to compare a word processor
>to an Office Suite, and more importantly it depends on the user what is
>best for them and what really meets their needs.
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>In some ways the PDF support in OpenOffice.org is doing us and everyone a
>favour. If you want things to look exactly the same use PDF. No more
>unrealistic expectations about imported word documents looking exactly the
>same in different programs (something even Microsoft cannot seem to get
>right).
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I'd just like to add that AbiWord works great with PDFCreator (
http://pdfcreator.sf.net ) and I use it daily. This is not a convincing
reason to use OO.o :)

>Thanks
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>Sincerely
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>Alan Horkan
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-- 
Ryan Pavlik
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