--- Forwarded Message from "Wolfgang E. Adolph" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:50:46 -0500 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Wolfgang E. Adolph" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8127.3 Open Office >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> We have StarOffice 7 in some PC labs (can't afford Office with the extra cost for the foreign languages), and it has been working just great. I am impressed with the FL languages tools (speaking for German - it really works well). But if I had my way, we would go back to good WordPerfect ;-) Wolfgang At 04:03 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:41:50 -0600 > >From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: #8127 Open Office > >Several of us use it here... some for daily use, most for specialized >uses (such as publishing to PDF!) My take is it's a full-featured and >very capable MSOffice-like suite. So if you have to use the MS >compatible approach, it's a great choice. I still prefer the >WordPerfect approach to word processing, so I haven't jumped in yet with >both feet. But I do use it occasionally and it works very well. > >PS Our campus has offered as a supported standard Star Office, which is >Sun's branded version of Open Office. I actually like the latter >better. > > >>> [log in to unmask] 1/23/2006 12:15:56 PM >>> >--- Forwarded Message from Bob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.0.0.040405 > >Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:55:14 -0600 > >Subject: Open Office > >From: Bob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >What is your read on Open Office, a free office suite, a multiplatform >and >multilingual free product? There are many people involved in the >development, but it is a project under the management of Sun >Microsystems. > >TBob > >Robert D. Peckham, Ph.D >Professor of French >Vice President, American Association of Teachers of French >Director, Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center >Director, Globe-Gate Intercultural Web Project >Director, Andy Holt Virtual Library >Department of Modern Foreign Languages >Univ. of Tennessee at Martin / Martin TN 38238 >Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > >*********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for >Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and >Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). >Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. >Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) >*********************************************** Wolfgang E. Adolph Fac. Coord. for Computer Issues Department of Mod. Lang. & Linguistics - DIF 316 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 (850) 644-8192/681-0635 (850) 644-0524 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.fsu.edu/~modlang/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Man muB noch ein biBchen Chaos in sich haben, um einen tanzenden Stern gebaren zu konnen. (Nietzsche)