> It is not reasonable to ask everyone to install Acroread, or anything else > that is not available by default when you buy a computer from Office Depot. > You would have to send out an instruction sheet and call a parents meeting > to explain why this is necessary. You think that they will do this just for > you?
Well, I think I misread the OP. I thought the issue was submitting homework. In that case the only one who needs a PDF reader is the teacher... I returned to the original post now - my mistake. I have had very little problem *reading* not terribly complicated Word docs in OOO in the last ten years or so. The formatting may be screwed up a little, but you generally don't miss stuff. As the latest example I had to go over a legal contract in the last few days, and LibreOffice did it wonderfully, tracking changes and all. Are home assignments much more complicated than that? I am sure you know infinitely more about OOO than I do, so I'll defer. ;-) No. The principal correctly assumes that most parents have a computer with > MS Office. This is a reasonable assumption. Why? Forget Linux. Do Macs come with Word pre-installed (today)? How much does an Office license cost (e.g., if one runs it in WINE)? Another stupid question: why doesn't the school publish assignments on the web? Should be much easier than to email them? -- Oleg Goldshmidt | o...@goldshmidt.org
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