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CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire

CodeWeavers, Inc. and Linspire, Inc. has announced the release of CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire. Linspire users who purchase CrossOver Office can run dozens of Windows applications, including Microsoft Office 2003, Adobe Photoshop and Intuit's Quicken and Quickbooks, natively from their Linspire desktop Linux operating system.

CrossOver Office allows Linspire users to install popular Windows productivity applications and plugins in Linspire without needing a Microsoft operating system CD or license. CrossOver Office includes an easy-to-use, single-click interface, which makes installing Windows applications simple and fast. Once installed, the application will integrate directly with the Linspire environment - users just click the application icon or name to launch, exactly as they would in Windows. Any documents created using CrossOver Office applications may be opened and edited with other native Linux programs, such as OpenOffice.org or GIMP.

CrossOver Office has become the essential productivity utility for millions of Linux users around the world by supporting the seamless, dependable installation and operation of scores of top-name Windows applications natively within Linux. Microsoft Office, Outlook, Visio, and Internet Explorer, as well as Adobe's Photoshop and Dreamweaver, Intuit's Quicken and Quickbooks, and Lotus Notes, are just some of the many popular applications that can be used on Linux desktops via CrossOver Office.

CrossOver Office can run a range of Windows software, but CodeWeavers fully supports the following applications:

o Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000, and 97
o Microsoft Outlook
o Microsoft Internet Explorer
o Microsoft Access
o Microsoft Project
o Adobe Photoshop
o Microsoft Visio
o Lotus Notes 5.0 and 6.5.1
o Quicken
o iTunes
o FrameMaker
o Web Browser Plugins
o QuickTime
o Shockwave Director
o Windows Media Player 6.4



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