On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 15:02 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:

> OT: I'm very keen to get them to try OOo on Windows; even if they stick
> with MS in the classroom (they do get big discounts) they should check
> that the kids can replicate what they do at school when they get home.
> I'm sure that lots of kids use MS Office at home without ever buying it,
> ie they're learning more about how to obtain dodgy copies than they are
> about how to use the software legitimately.
> 
> I was thinking about a batch pressing of OOo disks but IIRC Ubuntu ships
> with Windows copies of OOo/Firefox/etc on them, so I'll see if I can get
> a few more copies of that shipped over (maybe I'll await v6 though).

1. Please note that odf is now an ISO standard :-)
2. And that Open Office is working hard to become fully accessible
to eyes free users.
3. If I can help, I'd love to.

regards
DaveP
Oasis member (via RNIB)
and ...  

  I've done an ODF to DAISY (www.daisy.org) conversion,
so I know it is workable, as a source format.

I like ODF.

regards DaveP




> 
-- 
Regards, 

Dave Pawson
XSLT + Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk


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