On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:21 +0300, Rich wrote: > Ian Lynch wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 10:11 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> yes, professionals simply have to use microsoft, because oo lack some > >> important features: > >> saving only changes, not the whole document everytime again (10 MB .doc > >> can be save within 1 s, in oo definitely not) > >> faster special symbol handling > >> faster starting > > > > I am a professional in the UK using Writer and Draw for commercial > > purpose. I doubt the speed of saving, although nice to have, is critical > > may i also suggest trying to save the document in odf (odt) ? > first, if you are working on a particular document, it really is better > to do so in native format.
Not sure about jan but I always use native formats. I would only convert at the last possible moment since that is likely to be a more robust approach apart from any speed issues. > second, that would decrease file size and > might improve speed. then, you would have to use .doc only when > exporting (though check that your recipient really can not recieve odf ;) ). That is an interesting point. I am finding that I can send things to more people in ODF format as time goes on. I am rather more inclined now to say go and download OOo - its free and I am sending you documents in an internationally recognised ISO standard. If everyone does this, it will be a bit of hassle initially but it will raise the profile. > second, if the document is really large, maybe you can use master > document. there is a pretty decent documentation about this feature, and > i have heard that this feature actually works in oo.org, unlike in msword ;) > > btw, what's wrong with special symbols ? (unfortunately i missed the > original mail) No real idea on that one. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
