Links 23/11/2008: 10 Million Fedora Users Claimed, Softmaker Office 2008 Supports ODF
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-11-23 10:48:29 UTC
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Softmaker Office 2008 for Linux offers good compatibility with the proprietary Microsoft Office formats. However, unlike OpenOffice.org, SoftMaker lacks macros, doesn't do OLE, and only supports the Open Document Format in its word processor.
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