If you leave scripts disabled in Libre Office, no VBS virii can run. -- -- 73/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY CN85oj •|||||||• tel 503-227-8539 [email protected]
On Thu, 24 May 2018 21:16:05 -0700 , the wizardly Keith Lofstrom < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Friday, my sister will bring her old virus-infected Mac > Mini over to translate/transfer files to a newer Mac Mini. > > I hope to copy MS Office user files onto a thumb drive, > import the files into LibreOffice on a Linux Mint machine, > and (hopefully) not the viruses. We will install > LibreOffice (not MS Office) on the newer Mac. I tried > setting her up with a Linux machine, but she "didn't > like it". Ah well. > > So - is Linux LibreOffice virus-INcompatible with MS > Office for MacOS? It may be safest to do the conversion > on an isolated machine running a new Linux distro, then > reformat over the Linux disk image afterwards. > > Details for Mac users: Her old Mac Mini can't upgrade > beyond Snow Leopard; her newer Mini can run El Capitan, > which is still getting security upgrades. Eventually, > she may need to get back on the Apple hardware upgrade > treadmill. I worry that Apple will stop supporting DVI, > and we will need to purchase a new giant-screen monitor > to accommodate her visual impairment. > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
