(Fwd) RE: [ILUG] Small office project

[cybersean3000 at yahoo.com]

On 22 Nov 2001, at 8:51, Dunphy Richard-rdunph01 wrote:

> > Linux that we can do well in Windows. Trouble with printing, 
> > and fonts in
> > Star office have driven us back to using windows even for basic
> > stuff..though my kids at the start wanted to use linux for everything!
> 
> I too have SuSE 7.3, but have no problems printing. Which printer setup are you using LPR or Cups? Or do you just mean printing from StarOffice?
 
I believe StarOffice 5.2 has its own printer setup and maybe drivers, in 
addition to using cups or lpr.  Also, I believe it has its own font 
management as well.  As far as using StarOffice, some of the basic 
functions mirror exactly MicroShaft products; StarCalc uses some of the 
same formulas and key strokes as Excel, and StarWord uses some of the 
same for MS Word, etc.
 
> As for StarOffice, have you tried Kword or alternatives? If you get some truetype fonts installed Kword can be quite nice.
> 
> > The requirements as I see it would be:
> > 1. Network setup - including file sharing between computers 
> > and setting up
> > an internet gateway.

Mandrake Campus has a good FREE Linux tutorial on-line.  Although it is 
slanted towards Mandrake, it gives a good introduction to using Linux:
http://www.mandrakecampus.com/

> 
> All this is online, and could be installed already on your SuSE machine. If you look at http://www.linuxdoc.org and the HOWTO sections you'll see many HOWTOs on setting up NFS sharing, Sharing Printers, and Setting up a proxy to the internet.. If you need help, then this list (and the SuSE 
since your using SuSE) one will help you along the way.
> 
> > 2. Office suite - migrating to star office or ??? > yet still 
> > be able to
> > import from /open /export to MS files - I know this is available, but
> > haven't figured out how. Is there a star office migration 
> > guide? And what
> > about font and print troubles I've had?
> 
> KWord imports Word files, and KSpread Excel files. Both are still not quite finished, but are very useful. If you don't mind paying then Applixware is a very good alternative.
> 
> > 3. Setting up a shared database - I am a pretty experienced 
> > Access user and
> > know how to set up shared access databases splitting the 
> > 'front end' from
> > the tables - I also use MySql a lot in web sites - but I 
> > don't know how to
> > set up something that will do the same thing as Access does on a lan.
> 
> Not too sure what you want here... Is it that you want to store the database remotely... point the application (access on windows) at that database then work within it?
> 
> There are many different products that will achieve this with MySQL or PostgreSQL out there. Have a look at Data Architect from http://www.thekompany.com. I use this to connect via ODBC to a MySQL
 (and PostgreSQL) database. There was another one, Rekall I think?? again from The Kompany. THere 

is another one out there but can't think of it's name off hand.
> 
> > 4. Desk-top publishing? You need to at least put out newsletters or
> > brochures sometimes.
> 
> Can't help you with that one I'm afraid. But this might...
> http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/aa042199.htm
> 
> > 5. Wysiwyg web development - I am a Dreamweaver Ultra-dev 
> > power user, so
> > until Dreamweaver is ported to Linux or I can find and learn another
> > solution, I may be hung on Windows. This probably isn't an essential
> > requirement for the small office project, but some easy web 
> > design program
> > could be useful.
> 
> You've already seen some mentions of Quanta, etc.. Although I've yet to find one that is WYSIWYG 

other than IBM's Webshere HomePage Builder. You can download an evaluation from 
> http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/hpbuilder/
> 
>  
> Hope that's of help
> RikD.
> 
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