Light weight word processor

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Light weight word processor
started by: satimis

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Posted by satimis on Aug. 29 2005,15:05

Hi folks,

Damn Small Linux is completely new to me.  I'm searching for a light-weight word processor which can import/edit M$ .doc file.  Please advise which word processor is used on this distro.  OR is there any other suggestion.  TIA

B.R.
satimis

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Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 29 2005,16:33

Unfortunately, the only word processor that has very good MS doc import function is the open office UCI extension and it is not lightweight.

Abiword is a nice compromise between functionality and light weight, but it's MS doc importation sometimes does not go well.

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Posted by satimis on Aug. 30 2005,11:24

[quote=cbagger01,Aug. 29 2005,12:33][/quote]
Hi cbagger01,

Tks for your advice.

What is the word processing package used on DSL?  TIA

B.R.
satimis

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Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Aug. 30 2005,13:53

Currently, we use FLWriter (Fast Light Writer)

It's tiny, and does a decent job.

-J.P.

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Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 30 2005,16:19

In the past, we have used other small,light word processors but they have had problems like occasional crashes (save your work often )

The old ones were ted-gtk and pathetic-writer (Siag Office).  I think that they are also available in the myDSL repository.

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