Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Sunday, May 20, 2012 09:54:21 PM NoOp wrote: On 05/18/2012 03:14 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:29:33 AM NoOp wrote: On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few templates for academic use; a built-in ... You might want to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-21 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net wrote: On Sunday, May 20, 2012 09:54:21 PM NoOp wrote: On 05/18/2012 03:14 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:29:33 AM NoOp wrote: On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-21 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Monday, May 21, 2012 01:53:04 PM Simos Xenitellis wrote: My apologies for not being clearer. I wasn't talking about this particular template, but the default examples given in LibreOffice itself. Can you elaborate on individual files? I think it would be ideal to describe the task,

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-21 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-05-21 17:21, Bruce Byfield a écrit : On Monday, May 21, 2012 01:53:04 PM Simos Xenitellis wrote: My apologies for not being clearer. I wasn't talking about this particular template, but the default examples given in LibreOffice itself. Can you elaborate on individual files? I think

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-21 Thread NoOp
On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Sunday, May 20, 2012 09:54:21 PM NoOp wrote: On 05/18/2012 03:14 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:29:33 AM NoOp wrote: On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few templates for academic use;

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-20 Thread NoOp
On 05/18/2012 03:14 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:29:33 AM NoOp wrote: On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few templates for academic use; a built-in ... You might want to contact/collaborate with Orest Kinasevyc. He wrote several

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-19 Thread Patrick GERIN
Le 16/05/2012 7:34, Marc Paré a écrit : ...snip... Thanks, I should have mentioned that I was not really looking for the MS format compatibility as this is an on-going process, even almost a cat and mouse process for LibreOffice. I find that professors I collaborate with are more forgiving of

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-19 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Patrick, Le 2012-05-19 02:26, Patrick GERIN a écrit : Le 16/05/2012 7:34, Marc Paré a écrit : ...snip... Thanks, I should have mentioned that I was not really looking for the MS format compatibility as this is an on-going process, even almost a cat and mouse process for LibreOffice. I find

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-19 Thread Patrick GERIN
Le 19/05/2012 10:10, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi Patrick, Le 2012-05-19 02:26, Patrick GERIN a écrit : Le 16/05/2012 7:34, Marc Paré a écrit : ...snip... Thanks, I should have mentioned that I was not really looking for the MS format compatibility as this is an on-going process, even almost a cat

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-18 Thread Mark Preston
Marc, My apologies; I was not aware you were looking for how people managed to up-rate LibreOffice to work better for academic work. In my own case, I found the writer's tools offered by Dimitri Popov as an extension toolkit to be most useful, particularly for things like citations, bibliography

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-18 Thread NoOp
On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few templates for academic use; a built-in ... You might want to contact/collaborate with Orest Kinasevyc. He wrote several templates for APA Style 5th 6th editions for students:

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-18 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Friday, May 18, 2012 11:29:33 AM NoOp wrote: On 05/17/2012 03:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: ... There is a need for a few templates for academic use; a built-in ... You might want to contact/collaborate with Orest Kinasevyc. He wrote several templates for APA Style 5th 6th editions for

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-17 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Simos Le 2012-05-16 02:48, Simos Xenitellis a écrit : You can cite your bibliography in the document using 'Insert→citation. There are more bibliography tools, if you are interested to test them out, JabRef,http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ I just looked at JabRef and it does have custom

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-17 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-05-15 03:32, Marc Paré a écrit : I need to work out a short note about use of LibreOffice in an academic environment. What would some of you, who are using LibreOffice, consider necessary to use LibreOffice in an academic setting. I am not looking for a wish-list, but a list of any

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-17 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-05-16 03:16, Jussi Silvonen a écrit : I am a senior researcher at the University of Eastern Finland, and have used OOo/LibO for years. I think LibO is good enough for basic writing and presentations. Extension I have found useful: - alternative search, compose special characters,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-16 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
On 16/05/2012 07:28, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Jonathan, Le 2012-05-16 01:02, Jonathan Aquilina a écrit : Bibliography creation as well as source citations are very very important. Regards Jonathan Aquilina On May 15, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Thanks, I am looking for people who are

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Preston
Marc, So far I've avoided commenting on your request for two main reasons: I was obliged to retire last February so am no longer an academic as such and also it was not clear what you were meaning. Let me say that I never had problems with LibO (since the addition of free-motion paths into

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-16 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Mark Le 2012-05-16 09:29, Mark Preston a écrit : Marc, So far I've avoided commenting on your request for two main reasons: I was obliged to retire last February so am no longer an academic as such and also it was not clear what you were meaning. I am not sure it there is such a thing as

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-15 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Jonathan, Le 2012-05-16 01:02, Jonathan Aquilina a écrit : Bibliography creation as well as source citations are very very important. Regards Jonathan Aquilina On May 15, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Thanks, I am looking for people who are using specific extensions in their

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-15 Thread Marc Paré
Thanks Sveinn Le 2012-05-15 04:28, Sveinn í Felli a écrit : Þann þri 15.maí 2012 07:32, skrifaði Marc Paré: I need to work out a short note about use of LibreOffice in an academic environment. What would some of you, who are using LibreOffice, consider necessary to use LibreOffice in an

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

2012-05-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-05-15 04:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker a écrit : On 15/05/12 09:20, Laurence Jeloudev wrote: I hope Microsoft Office support Libreoffice file formats the odf formats in there next office release, They already support odf formats. (From Office 2007 SP1 if I recall). Unfortunately they do