| Linux word processing: an embarassment of riches |
Nov. 25, 2001
In this guest column, high school mathematics teacher Gary Frankenbery comments on the growing cadre of high quality -- and continually improving -- options for high-powered word processing in Linux. Frankenbery writes . . .
"Word processing is fundamental. No matter how useful a desktop computer system is for other tasks, it needs a fast, powerful, and flexible word processing program."
"I've always used MS-Word for serious, sophisticated word processing. As I teach high school mathematics, my layout-needs frequently require the use of a math formula editor. I also use lots of text boxes, screen clips, and callouts in my word processing."
"So, my main home machine has always been a dual-boot machine -- I use Linux most of the time, but boot into MS-Win for serious word processing. I've always longed for a linux-based word processing package that was as good as MS-Word . . ."
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