Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-06-01 Thread abrown
Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group euglug@euglug.org Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:08:01 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs Hi, Allen, I was a typographer for 20-some years before a midlife career change, so keeping an eye on the state of the art is a hobby. I think it important that before

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-06-01 Thread marbux
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:45 AM, abr...@peak.org wrote: I like zoho.  We have adopted it.  Thank you for pointing me to it. You're welcome, Allen. I hope it works out well for you. Best regards, Paul ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs light bulbs

2011-05-27 Thread Horst
From: abr...@peak.org abr...@peak.org Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org  http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/   Q: How many astronomers does it take to replace a light bulb?   A: One---The astronomer holds the bulb while the galaxy rotates. That only works if

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread marbux
Hi, Allen, I was a typographer for 20-some years before a midlife career change, so keeping an eye on the state of the art is a hobby. I think it important that before deciding on a solution, you determine what format(s) will be required by the folks who do the final typographical production

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread JS Kaplan
If you do a presentation in Google Docs, Power Point for example, you can use images. As long as you trust your collaborators, you may make the links private to a degree in each document's sharing settings. It can be very bulky, but a nice way to exclude information is to have a global doc with

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread Ben Barrett
So, a few questions: 1. Do you require real-time collaboration? 2. Is obscurity enough security for your images (and document as a whole)? 2a. Could you use screen-quality image versions for the composition of the work, and swap in print-quality ones later? 3. Does your solution need to be

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread abrown
- From: marbux mar...@gmail.com To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group euglug@euglug.org Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:08:01 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs Hi, Allen, I was a typographer for 20-some years before a midlife career change, so keeping an eye on the state of the art

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-26 Thread abrown
- Ben Barrett stircrazy...@gmail.com wrote: So, a few questions: 1. Do you require real-time collaboration? I don't think so. 2. Is obscurity enough security for your images (and document as a whole)? I think so. 2a. Could you use screen-quality image versions for the composition of

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-25 Thread Fred James
Allen Brown wrote: I have been asked to write a book. It will be heavy on photos. It will be a collaboration with each of us in different states or different countries. I asked a couple of techie friends what they would recommend. The response was to check Google Docs first. If that

Re: [Eug-lug] Google Docs

2011-05-25 Thread Tim Bolz
I would recommend LYX. I know it's not google docs. But if your planning on writing a book It looks like it would do a terrific job. I have played around with it and I like what you can do with it. I don't know if it is collaborative though. I like the fact you can do dvi,pdf,or ps files. So