Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

2011-01-02 Thread Craig A. Eddy
I agree with your premises. Having been a CAD operator who, at times, had to send drawing files to others, I felt it was MY responsibility to find out what the other person could read, or at least provide him/her with a way to contact me if there were problems opening the file. This carried over

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

2011-01-02 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 01/02/2011 09:08 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: --- SNIP --- Is that what you think it would be to implement the OOXML Strict formats? I sure don't see it that way -- we would simply be supporting an ISO standard, however it was arrived at. The fact that we could possibly do it before MS

Re: [tdf-discuss] Co-working with Moz, etc

2011-01-01 Thread Craig A. Eddy
I remember my days of working for an outfit that used Outlook and MS products. I looked into Outlook for myself. I was not amused. Years later I turned to Linux, and the particular distribution I chose installed Evolution by default. I looked into it. I was not amused. So I tried uninstalling

Re: [tdf-discuss] Co-working with Moz, etc

2011-01-01 Thread Craig A. Eddy
...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/01/11 19:20, Craig A. Eddy wrote: So, what am I saying? You don't NEED to add something useless like Outlook or Evolution to LO. You just have to allow Thunderbird to connect to it, and people can make their own choice as to whether they want all the other bells

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

2011-01-01 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Barbara, First, ODF IS the ISO standard - honestly made so without the dirty tricks that MS used to stuff the committee and force it to approve something that wasn't ready to be used by anyone. Second, MS refuses to support any ODF except the one that is actually an ISO standard. That makes

Re: [tdf-discuss] Do not support writing to OOXML format

2010-12-31 Thread Craig A. Eddy
There are many times in which HTML doesn't translate correctly to a recipient. The lowest common denominator, then, is plain text. That being the case I habitually set my email reader to send in plain text. Also, for one who uses gpg (or it's equivalent), even occasionally, the encrypting

[tdf-discuss] Happy New Year from Arizona

2010-12-31 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Happy New Year from The Valley of the Sun in Arizona. Although it tried to be The Valley of the Snow with this last storm. Despite strange weather patterns, here's wishing all of you a BETTER new year. Craig A. Eddy Tyche -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h

Re: [tdf-discuss] deb installer - have to manually modify link

2010-12-06 Thread Craig A. Eddy
And thank you very much. I hadn't noticed that link (it's VERY obscure) until you mentioned that it was there and the approximate location. Craig Tyche On 12/06/2010 03:10 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: Hello Rainer, 2010/12/6 Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com: Hi I am using ubuntu, but on the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Rictec, Modicum - a small amount Standard Information - In the way that Robert Holtzman used the term, he means certain facts about your computer and operating system, and the software you're running at the time (for example, Linux operating system, LibreOffice 3.3 Beta, Writer. These are only

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

2010-11-25 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/25/2010 07:27 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Robert: Yes this would be ideal. However, this would also impact our developers and add to their work. I, myself, would favour Barbara's suggestion of having a link offering the user the to download extra packages such as manuals. BTW ... I

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A proposal for effective, volunteer-friendly user support in LibreOffice

2010-11-23 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/23/2010 02:50 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: On 23 November 2010 21:25, Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net wrote: On Tue Nov 23 2010 12:36:35 GMT-0800 (PST) Robert Derman wrote: Assuming that it is, I think the primary users manual should focus on Writer, with just one chapter on each of

Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/22/2010 05:33 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:04:29AM -0700, Craig A. Eddy wrote: listed in the README_en-US file. I'm not familiar with dpgk, though I Then get. You administer a Debian-based system without knowing dpkg? Oh my. (Besides that, http

Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread Craig A. Eddy
for an Ubuntu system. I'll draft a how-to over the next few days, file a bug and suggest it for inclusion in the Linux downloads. HTH. David Nelson Mr. Nelson, Thank you, on behalf of myself and all the unknown nameless people who will benefit in the future. Craig A. Eddy Tyche

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/22/2010 06:37 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/22/2010 06:43 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote: ... René It isn't so much that I administer a Debian release as that I USE a Debian release and do what I can. What I do is what I have managed to learn to do over time, but without any formal training

[tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-20 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Recently (like 4:00 AM local time, November 20, 2010) I downloaded the .tar.gz of the .deb files from TDF (http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/). On unpacking the archived files I discovered that LO is subjecting poor unsuspecting users to the same problem

Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-20 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/20/2010 08:04 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote: On 11/20/2010 07:59 AM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi, Am 20.11.2010 15:51, schrieb Craig A. Eddy: there is no obvious way to start to install the files. Dependencies for each .deb have to be met, but nothing indicates the order with which

Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-20 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/20/2010 03:24 PM, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: Hi Craig, *, Craig A. Eddy schrieb: On 11/20/2010 07:59 AM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Am 20.11.2010 15:51, schrieb Craig A. Eddy: there is no obvious way to start to install the files. Dependencies for each .deb have to be met

[tdf-discuss] Alternate find/replace

2010-11-06 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Potential problem: When searching for a word, if the various choices are not correct to find that particular word (for instance, if you have a word highlighted and it just searches that word), then changing the choices does not result in changing the behavior of the plug-in (for instance,

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice UI should be tweaked, not reinvented

2010-11-04 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Robert, I'm sorry, but I must disagree with you.I'm not a developer, I'm a user.I will admit that I started with Microsoft Word (More years ago than I'm comfortable admitting), but switched to OO.o as soon as it came out.It's only just recently that I've begun to understand how to use (and create)