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Date:	Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:21:32 PDT7
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Open Office Suite is Installed!

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Colin Campbell wrote:

> I bought and downloaded the "commercial version" from Mensys on
> Thursday (about $40), asked in a few places about install tips on
> Friday, then I went ahead with the install, and it went fairly smoothly.
>
> The INSTALL.EXE program guided me through installing the Font
> Engine/2, and said to reboot. I did, and I opened the SCOUG.COM home
> page to see if things looked different. Text looked a bit more "Crisp".
>
> I went back to INSTALL.EXE, and it detected the current Font Engine,
> the presence of Crystal Audio, and then said it was checking for the
> current Innotek Runtime. It hung there, and I had to interrupt my way
> out.
>
> I read at the Innotek Support Forum that I could install each
> component separately, so today, I started the Runtime installer. That
> worked. Then, I went back to the INSTALL.EXE, and it took care of
> installing Java142 and OpenOffice.
>
> Now, I'm ready to try out the new office suite. I have some MS Excel
> and Word files I sent to myself from work which I can try out. I'll
> also try some files from Lotus SmartSuite, and see if it knows
> anything about those formats.
>
> Next week's meeting should be interesting! I'm hoping we have one more
> powerful reason NOT to regret using OS/2.
>
(Once again, I forgot to fix my "Reply-to" address and make it valid.
So, I have the chance to provide a bit more information.)

I tried my MS Office files, and OpenOffice seems to handle them well
enough. The only issue I saw was that two "bulleted lists" didn't render
just right. I was able to output in PDF format, and presumably I could
print that file.

However, I couldn't print anything directly. I tried pointing at my
Epson C82, and OpenOffice said it was creating six pages, but they were
all blank. I also tried printing to my "PDF Writer", but after the six
pages were created, I never got asked what file name to give to the
output file.

Other are reporting this problem on the Innotek Support Forum.
Colin

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