sorry to ask such a stupid question, but...

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i'm ready to download star office (Linux, 5.2 english) from www.sun.com, (http://www.sun.com,) and its a *.bin file. the NHF explains installing it with a tar.gz file...

is the the *.bin file correct or is there another place to download the tar.gz file that i'm looking for? thanks.

also...sun office can save in M$Word format right? (i need to type up a paper and dont have any printer access from my computer)

[BloodRed]

That's correct. A .bin file is executable. Run it like this: ./filename



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[Baron Flambe]

Star Office can save documents in ms word compatible format. I can't remember off the top of my head whether it does .doc or .rtf, but you shouldn't have any problems. A word of warning though, if you're planning any complex formatting it may not translate properly. You should be OK with the basic bold, italic etc.

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[X_console]

StarOffice is extremely and pleasingly compatible with MS Office 97/2000 files. I've been able to view MS PowerPoint slides and Word documents without any formatting difficulties. However I found StarOffice to be painfully slow, and I'm not the only one. An alternative would be KOffice. I don't know how well it performs. I'm in the process of downloading it right now.

[ille_pugil42]

Star Office works great for me, except for slow load time initially and it runs slowly at times. Then again, PIII450 and 64MB ram may help...