Re: The "plop" starts now.

Mike Wilson wrote:
> Conrad Knauer wrote:
>> On 3/27/07, Les Klassen Hamm <les@bitlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking it's time to examine Crossover Office again, as the real
>>> showstopper for many of my clients is the Word/Excel prerequisite -
>>> which must work seamlessly and without adjustments or changes (OO just
>>> isn't considered when the requirement is simply to have what "everyone
>>> else has"). I'm thinking that for those who are not mandated to run
>>> Outlook, Ubuntu and CrossOver Office may be a real solution.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have recent Crossover Office experience?
> After reading this I checked out CO and decided it was worth supporting.
> It does indeed run MSOffice XP, though I didn't get as far as trying to
> use the MS web updating site on it to confirm that it also works.
>
> That said, the claim that it will run *Corel* Office is a tad inflated.
> Nothing by Corel is 'officially supported' by CO, and the fact that I
> have both the Office 12 and Draw 10 packages working is notably
> compromised by the fact that the several patch files for each of these
> *do not* work (oh, they run all right -- but then the patched
> application doesn't). So far, after least a week, the CO help desk folks
> haven't provided any response to my query about this problem.

I had looked at the compatibility lists on the CO website and noticed
that the newest versions of MS Office are also not yet listed as working
completely (that is, Office 2003, never mind '07). The idea seems great,
but it seems one needs to carefully check one's software list against
their website before deciding how to proceed. The fact that the business
accounting software I use is at best listed at bronze (some portions
work) was the deciding factor for me. Hope you can work out your patch
problem.
        Les...

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Received on Sat Apr 14 17:12:40 2007