.doc's on Linux?

[Evil Dragon]

I was wondering if there's a program for linux that can make .doc's so I can view then on windows, short of using wine and office? On second thought, I am almost cetain there is... But what is it? :p Ya, know something? Right at this moment as I type this, I'm (once again) almost certain that I've seen a thread where things like this go, and I'de be ever so happy if a mod moved it there. ;)

[rezza Veteran]

you can use openoffice, comes with most popular distros nowadays. also look for abiword or something like koffice...

[Evil Dragon]

OpenOffice saves in .doc? lol :p guess I haven't used it enough. Thanks.

[pagal]

openOffice with AA fonts == perfect replacement of MSOffice for MOST of your needs.

[Guest jl7c2]

  pagal said:

openOffice with AA fonts == perfect replacement of MSOffice for MOST of your needs.

How can I get OpenOffice (1.0.3 or 1.1 beta) to have AA fonts? It looked great in Red Hat 8, but I'm afraid I don't know how to get them under my emerged build of OpenOffice.

[pagal]

really easy man...I emerged it just the other day too.

from console type "oopadmin" and you'll see the wizard.

p.s: I am not at home right now, otherwise I'd check the command...just type oo and press tab you'll see it there.

[mezz]

I already fell in the love with AbiWord 2 (1.9.0), it's damn fast as M$ Office.. But, it doesn't has the grammar check like M$ Office has, which it's on their todo list.