It was very wierd when it appeared to take over your desktop. But it was wonderful being able to know that the printed version would look exactly like the document on the screen.
And it would look the same opened under Linux, Windows or Solaris.
And it did what you told it to - rather than some bizarre nonsense.

I have been wrestling with a word doc today that shows up fine in a print preview, but looks like all the images are shifted down an inch and first sentences in paragraphs are repeated when in normal view. WTF???

Edit>> This problem is in Microsoft Word, not StarOffice, just in case anyone was confused.