session Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Some of my friend's documents he created on PC can't be open'd properly in Word X (I think because he works with some other languages including some asian character thing). Is there any other word processing like app he could give a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 :p Ask for myself: What IRC client d'you use and think is a better choice? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 For your friend, has he tried openoffice yet? (needs X11 aswell) For you, I have no idea :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 To replace word: openoffice, or maybe kword. (google for the os x versions) For IRC I use ircII, the source compiles just fine. Other people recommend BitchX, irssi, and xchat. I believe there is a port of xchat to os x called 'xchat aqua' - that would be a good choice if you don't like command line clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPeedY_B Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 X-Chat Aqua here. Take a look here for some other clients. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 I tried OpenOffice, but it was a bit crazy to install. I'm waiting until they've gotten it to use native OS X widgets before I give it a try again. I haven't tried kOffice yet, but it sounds interesting and I'll probably give it a try soon. As for IRC, I use XChat Aqua :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2004 I tried OpenOffice, but it was a bit crazy to install. I'm waiting until they've gotten it to use native OS X widgets before I give it a try again. I haven't tried kOffice yet, but it sounds interesting and I'll probably give it a try soon.As for IRC, I use XChat Aqua :) I couldn't get koffice to work :( The apps just load and then crash out straight away. QT Designer works though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I made koffice work. It wasn't pretty but you could use it. I'm sticking with word for now: it's the best of breed and once you spend some time fixing the stupid default menus, normal.dot, and defining some useful styles it's actually really good. I guess that doesn't help you with your character encoding issues - have you tried calling microsoft and using some tech support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 hmmm he tried kde but it can't even open word documents. it just crashes :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Xchat Aqua and I will be using Abiword (www.abisource.com) when it comes out for mac - apparently very soon now... Until then, Word X for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmove Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 And why not AppleWorks ? and i use X-Chat too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTallack Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Also note that Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Office for Mac soon that may be more compatible with his PC documents. It's going to be nearly impossible to find a program that renders Word documents better than Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 xChat-Aqua is great, but once you get on a channel with more then 3000 or so users is starts to lag a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 hmmm new office for mac in june :rolleyes: can't wait :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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