ZDNet: KDE 2.2.1 rivals Windows

[W. Wayne Liauh]

Another major problem with MS Word (although the macro virus problem is 
significant enough that everyone should avoid using it) is that it is a 
very tricky program (b/c Microsoft has taken so many short cuts to make 
this resource hog to appear to be easy to use) and most of its users 
don't know how to properly use it.

For example, I often receive Word documents from various law firms. 
 Some of them, especially solo practitioners or those from Taiwan/Japan, 
use the "fast save" option of Word to save documents.  Because of the 
concerns over Word macro viruses, we have learned a lesson never open an 
Word document with MS Word (very ironic, isn't it?).  Rather, we use 
WordPerfect to open Word documents.  WordPerfect has a reveal code 
feature, and when a Word document is saved under the "fast save" option, 
all the changes, in addition to the final document, will also show up 
under the reveal code option.  Imagining you're telling your opposing 
counsel all your secrets?  That's one of the perils of using Microsoft 
products.



al plant wrote:

>I agree with Dusty!
>
>Star office is all I've used here for two years.
>
>If a client wants a file I have and they are running MS
>Office ( Two of them have recently had machines die with the
>Virus or worms from their emails) I just send them the
>files  they need to reinstall in .xls ( or whatever M$
>format ) after (if) they get back up. One of them using MS
>Office is still knocked out.
>
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