Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-10 8:17 AM, James Knott wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-03-09 11:58 AM, James Knott wrote: Have you ever opened Word documents in other applications such as OOo or Word Perfect? Ever notice it doesn't look the same? This is due to differences in applications, not the file format. I

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-10 Thread James Knott
Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-03-09 11:58 AM, James Knott wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-03-07 2:50 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Despite earlier campaigns of disinformation, ODF and OpenOffice.org are separate. OpenOffice.org is a program, with development led by Sun/Oracle. ODF is a

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-09 Thread James Knott
Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-03-07 2:50 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Despite earlier campaigns of disinformation, ODF and OpenOffice.org are separate. OpenOffice.org is a program, with development led by Sun/Oracle. ODF is a file format, with development led by OASIS which has around 600

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-09 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-09 11:58 AM, James Knott wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: On 2010-03-07 2:50 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Despite earlier campaigns of disinformation, ODF and OpenOffice.org are separate. OpenOffice.org is a program, with development led by Sun/Oracle. ODF is a file format, with development led

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-07 2:50 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Despite earlier campaigns of disinformation, ODF and OpenOffice.org are separate. OpenOffice.org is a program, with development led by Sun/Oracle. ODF is a file format, with development led by OASIS which has around 600 businesses, government

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Joseph Ervin
I can add a couple slides on this, but I wasn't going to go into huge detail ('cause I don't have time). Basically I'll mention that the fan speed control now acts differently based on what's plugged into the chassis, uses a zoned approach, and works to keep everything in the zone just cool

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Lars Nooden
On 2010-3-8 6:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Yes, but other applications ODF support is often *very* different from Openoffice.org's... meaning, the documents do *not* look the same. If you want documents that render the same, then use PDF/A with embedded fonts. Regarding applications, there is one

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Lars Nooden
On 2010-3-8 1:16 AM, Richard Detwiler wrote: ... with perfectly acceptable image quality for on-screen viewing (which I think is what the OP needed). There is also the option of doing HTML with thumbnail images for preview, with links to the hi-res images when a closer look is needed. How well

RE: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Gmail
Unsubscribe please -Original Message- From: Tanstaafl [mailto:tansta...@libertytrek.org] Sent: 08 March 2010 06:42 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Compression of documents On 2010-03-07 2:50 AM, Lars Nooden wrote: Despite earlier campaigns of disinformation, ODF

RE: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Gmail
Unsubscribe please -Original Message- From: joseph.er...@sun.com [mailto:joseph.er...@sun.com] Sent: 08 March 2010 06:53 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Compression of documents I can add a couple slides on this, but I wasn't going to go into huge detail ('cause I

RE: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Gmail
Unsubscribe please -Original Message- From: Lars Nooden [mailto:larsnoo...@openoffice.org] Sent: 08 March 2010 07:10 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Compression of documents On 2010-3-8 6:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Yes, but other applications ODF support is often *very

RE: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-08 Thread Gmail
Unsubscribe please -Original Message- From: Lars Nooden [mailto:larsnoo...@openoffice.org] Sent: 08 March 2010 07:15 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Compression of documents On 2010-3-8 1:16 AM, Richard Detwiler wrote: ... with perfectly acceptable image quality

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread James Knott
Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents, including photos, as attachments

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread James Knott
Richard Detwiler wrote: Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents,

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread Ian Stephen
- Original Message - From: James Knott Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:17 am Subject: Re: [users] Compression of documents To: users@openoffice.org Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: snip In 'ms Word' - my usual day-to-day software - we can create a text doc ., add images

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Richard Detwiler wrote: Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread James Knott
Richard Detwiler wrote: ODF already compresses documents. I've found that documents that contain a lot of pictures (like a newsletter I edit for a local club) can get quite large in file size. When converting such a document to pdf, depending on the settings that are chosen in the pdf

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Richard Detwiler wrote: ODF already compresses documents. I've found that documents that contain a lot of pictures (like a newsletter I edit for a local club) can get quite large in file size. When converting such a document to pdf, depending on the settings that are

[users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Dave and Anna Whitehouse
Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents, including photos, as attachments to emails. In 'ms Word' - my

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread RA Brown
Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents, including photos, as

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Richard Detwiler
Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents, including photos, as attachments

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Troll/Idiot
On 06-Mar-10 18:15, Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: Hi We are about to use Open Office, for the first time whilst overseas for a few months, where it will be our only text/imaging programme. We are wanting to keep the kids informed about our travels and send Open Office documents, including

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Lars Nooden
On 2010-3-7 2:15 AM, Dave and Anna Whitehouse wrote: I guess I have missed something.. Can anyone enlighten me? ODF is already compressed. The default file format for OpenOffice is the OpenDocument Format, shared by other applications. By default ODF is already compressed using Zip. See p31

Re: [users] Compression of documents

2010-03-06 Thread Lars Nooden
On 2010-3-7 3:06 AM, Richard Detwiler wrote: An important additional advantage is that essentially anyone can read the file, whether they have OpenOffice installed or not. Richard, an additional advantage of ODF is that essentially anyone can read the file, whether they have OpenOffice.org