Re: [discuss] Latin-1 Ligatures in Open Office

2008-10-13 Thread bryan rasmussen
MS isn't unique in this regard. The industry is rife with this sort of behavior. I remember a vendor who shall remain nameless. Their 8 track magnetic tape units had a specification which stated the data would be written 10 from the BOT (beginning of tape marker - a reflective strip of

[discuss] open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread marty
Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Thank you! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [discuss] open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Open them in MS Office and save them as Word or Excel files then when you have converted all your Works files to OOo ditch works and use OOo. OOo is more compatible with MS Office than works is

Re: [discuss] open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Douglas St.Clair
Do you have a format other than Work's native format to save them in? If RTF is available give it a try. On Oct 13, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? -- St. Doug, Tigger and Puppy in

[discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Ed Jones
On or about 10/13/2008 9:30 AM, Ian Lynch typed the following: On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Open them in MS Office and save them as Word or Excel files then when you have converted all your Works files to OOo ditch works

Re: [discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Douglas St.Clair
On Oct 13, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Ed Jones wrote: But if I buy M$ Office to due the conversion, what's the sense of using OO? I, too, need a way to convert M$ Works 4.5 and up to OO if OO is to be of any use to me. -- You could try before buying IF you can't save the files in something

[discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Twayne
On or about 10/13/2008 9:30 AM, Ian Lynch typed the following: On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Open them in MS Office and save them as Word or Excel files then when you have converted all your Works files to OOo ditch works

[discuss] swriter, scalc, simpress I think should be stated in more user friendly format

2008-10-13 Thread Kristofer Åberg
Great seeing OpenOffice.org 3.0! I installed it at work, but when I wanted to make sure my Windows XP always open .doc, .ppt etc with OpenOppice.org, I am suggested to choose swriter or scalc or simpress. I think it would be more user friendly to have the programs being referred to as

Re: [discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 10:07 -0400, Ed Jones wrote: On or about 10/13/2008 9:30 AM, Ian Lynch typed the following: On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 22:06 +1000, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Open them in MS Office and save them as Word or Excel files then when

[discuss] Re: open WPS files

2008-10-13 Thread Ed Jones
On or about 10/13/2008 11:40 AM, NoOp typed the following: On 10/13/2008 05:06 AM, marty wrote: Is there a way to open WPS (MS Works) files in OOo? Thank you! Yes. Use the Go-oo version of OpenOffice: http://go-oo.org/ http://go-oo.org/discover/ http://go-oo.org/download/ Thank you -

[discuss] OO 3.0 website traffic solution

2008-10-13 Thread Peter Garbarino
The OpenOffice.org website is obviously experiencing difficulties due to the 3.0 release.  Why not use BitTorrent or other P2P applications to solve your traffic and distribution issues?  When I saw your temporary website listing the download links I didn't want to contribute to such

Re: [discuss] OO 3.0 website traffic solution

2008-10-13 Thread Paul
The OpenOffice.org website is obviously experiencing difficulties due to the 3.0 release. Why not use BitTorrent or other P2P applications to solve your traffic and distribution issues? When I saw your temporary website listing the download links I didn't want to contribute to such

Re: [discuss] OO 3.0 website traffic solution

2008-10-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:03:00 -0500, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The OpenOffice.org website is obviously experiencing difficulties due to the 3.0 release. Why not use BitTorrent or other P2P applications to solve your traffic and distribution issues? When I saw your temporary website