| Text Processing | Office-Style Software |
|---|---|
KWord is used to open, edit, and print Microsoft Word document in Linux (e.g. Pascal, Fisher and Pearson server in the department install Linux system.).
To open a Microsoft Word document, type
kword filename.doc&
The interface of the KWord is quite similar to Microsoft Word.
It seems that the KWord could not save files as Microsoft Word document.
For more information, check the KWord webpage.
AbiWord is a Word processor which "will run on virtually any operating system". You can open, edit, and print Microsoft Word document by using AbiWord. It's simple and fast.
To open a Microsoft Word document by AbiWord, type
abiword filename.doc&
For more information, check the AbiWord webpage.
KSpread and Gnumeric can read Microsoft Excel files. The interface and the operation (e.g. short-cut key) of KSpread and Gnumeric are similar to those of Microsoft Excel. KSpread cannot save files as Microsoft Excel file format. Gnumeric can save files as Microsoft Excel (95) file format. Gnumeric can not read Microsoft Excel files which are created by higher version of Microsoft Excel than Microsoft Excel 95.
To open Microsoft Excel files, type
kspread filename.xls&
or
gnumeric filename.xls&
For more information, check webpages of KSpread and Gnumeric.
OpenOffice.org is a multi-platform open source office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. It has an ability to import documents in Microsoft formats such as *.doc or *.xls.
OpenOffice exists as ooffice on pearson on StatNet and as soffice on newton on StatNet
The components of the suite are called:
OpenOffice.org can also export text documents (such as imported from MSWord) and presentations (e.g. converted from MS PowerPoint) into PDF documents.
OpenOffice.org is being installed by default on most modern distributions of Linux and Solaris. However, it is available for Windows as well.
In StatNet, it is available on pascal server but cannot be used due to insufficient CPU speed and other resources (as of August 2004). It can also be run on undergraduate server ugrad.