On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote: >> >> On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >>> >>> On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>>> >>>> Who said anything about running windows? >>>> The only windows I have are made of glass lol. >>>> Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything >>>> over much to do with Linux. >>>> Thanks for the giggle, >>>> Kare >>>> >>>> >>> OK, but you can set up a UNIX virtual machine. Worst case would be >>> needing qemu to emulate whatever processor your WP51 version was set up for. >>> >>> Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost certainly >>> superior to WP51 in every significant way. >> >> >> At least she doesn't have to worry about "Styles." Most people do not need >> a QuarkXpress or MS Publisher, and that's what LO is trying to be. >> >> Just like those expensive commercial programs, anyone who uses LO (or OO) >> will either have to read and learn a lot of instructions or find a >> >> different solution. My solution is TextMaker from SoftMaker, which has a >> free version for non-commercial use, and which seems to have just >> >> about all the features of the paid version. (I have no pecuniary interest >> in SoftMaker, a German firm.) >> >> --doug > > > Funny but I never had to learn about styles. However they are handier than > applying individual attributes to common elements. And while LibreOffice is > quite powerful, it's not Scribus nor Scribus-like by any stretch. It's just > a modern, feature-rich word processor. That means allowing people to use > styles when they want to or ignoring them when they don't.
By way of example, flush-right-with-dot-leader is trivial in WP8 (the native WP for Linux), impossible in LibreOffice without a "style" which is absurdly difficult to create. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cajvvksnqh2ghtbxfpzh7j_okubvuk+vlgfen3tgvgozn9-s...@mail.gmail.com
