>From my experience 6.0 works better, but .xls has some LIMITED issues
when it comes to boxes around text, etc. However, once I made the
corrections, they went back and forth with no problems.
Dave
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 16:16, Clay, John wrote:
> Question for those who have used both Star Office 6.0 and 5.2 - Does 6.0
> import MS Office files better than 5.2? My limited experience with importing
> Office 97 files into 5.2 can be summarized as follows:
>
> * Basic .doc files come in pretty well - page breaks, headers and
> footers can be off but the basic layout of the paragraphs is generally OK
> * .xls files that use only regular lines look and work fine but
> rounded boxes, outlines with varying line widths and more "arty"
> accoutrements don't do so well. Formulas work OK.
> * Imported Power Point slides aren't really acceptable.
>
> If 6.0 is significantly better at importation of Office documents I'd sure
> like to know it.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Clay
> Tallahassee, FL
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