Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yeh, going back to the original post i realised the question was about becoming a tutor rather than becoming a student. So, it's still a case of having to use all-MS systems but we all have to earn money somehow. At least if it's someone fairly honourably and aware of alternatives then it

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-19 Thread M Henri Day
2014-04-18 15:03 GMT+02:00 Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com: On 04/18/2014 05:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The courses seem to be entirely about MS products and their own languages and stuff like silverlight. They even seem to expect you to use Internet Explorer. There are Open

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The courses seem to be entirely about MS products and their own languages and stuff like silverlight. They even seem to expect you to use Internet Explorer. There are Open Source and other alternatives to almost everything they want to teach you. Do you really need to engage with those

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-18 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 04/18/2014 05:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The courses seem to be entirely about MS products and their own languages and stuff like silverlight. They even seem to expect you to use Internet Explorer. There are Open Source and other alternatives to almost everything they want to teach

[libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. I'd rather not spend $110 just to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Jay Lozier
On 04/17/2014 11:14 AM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically say that OpenOffice is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) They have probably had to deal with a lot of grumbles from people using LO or AOO who have trouble with documents created in MSO where MSO has used their newer formats (about 4 or more different versions of docX, xlsX, pptX etc). So, it's all back-fired a bit! The aim was to push the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 04/17/2014 12:47 PM, Tom Davies wrote: As might the recent problem with opening any Rtf file in MSO. What's the problem with opening RTF files in MSO? Just curious because I do it all the time. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ouch! A bit of a knee-jerk reaction again! I'm obviously quite tense today! Maybe take advantage of the fact they specified OpenOffice and didn't mention LibreOffice at all. Keep using LibreOffice? That way you are not exactly breaking their ruling just bending it a bit. If you get a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread M. Fioretti
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 04:43:09 AM +0200, Marco Fioretti wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 18:00:31 PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Keep using LibreOffice? That way you are not exactly breaking their ruling just bending it a bit. If you get a file that is clearly a bit messed up, from a tutor,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread M. Fioretti
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 18:00:31 PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Keep using LibreOffice? That way you are not exactly breaking their ruling just bending it a bit. If you get a file that is clearly a bit messed up, from a tutor, ask them which version of MSO they are using because your version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of MS Word only?

2014-04-17 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
First, if you opt to go this route, be prepared to spend the money to buy the software. On 04/17/2014 11:14 AM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring