StarOffice is a mayor Microsoft Word competitor. It has several advantages:
| • | Its free for private use | 
| • | Its cheaper for professional use | 
| • | Its available for Linux | 
| However its capabilities of importing RTF files are somewhat limited: | |
| • | StarOffice cannot import Table of contents entries, Index entries and page references | 
| • | StarOffice is often unable to import an RTF-File it has created itself. Save Filesin StarOffice format once youve done changes to them! | 
| • | StarOffice doesnt understand the right-justified use of bitmaps in RTF. In case of a right-justfied control string it crashes. | 
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