On 04/30/2018 03:02 PM, Tim-L wrote: > I started this thread with the notice of someone on a Facebook post > wondering how to default to saving to MS Word format. > > Yes, a "crusade" to get schools to make the switch to Open Document > Formats should be looked into. But that is not what was implied in > the thread I originally talked about. >
I was only responding to the suggestion that the problem you were trying to solve -- how to default to an MSO format -- was misdirected, when the "real problem" was that schools use MSO rather than LO. When all I need to do is get a final exam to my students in the next two days, I don't have time for FOSS crusades. I recall back in the day, the mantra of IT managers was that, nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. I suspect a similar attitude exists today with MSO. I remember many, many years ago when the government office where I worked switched from WordPerfect to MS Word. The outcry from the proficient WordPerfect users was deafening. I can only imagine the mutiny that might result if a major institution announced that it was switching all of its computers from the familiar MSO to LibreOffice. Now, I love LO as much as the next FOSS user, but that love has come from constant use since the days when it was StarOffice. I have invested the time to learn the program and customize it for my use with styles, templates, etc. I wouldn't fault an MSO user from feeling completely ambushed if his employer were to declare that he had to switch to LO. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
