Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread e-letter
On 02/10/2011, Vinod Nadiadwala thinw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am migrating my company's pc to libreoffice on windows, all my users are using windows terminal services, now i want to set default file save format to MS-Office i.e. .doc, .xls, .ppt to all users. As previous stated by

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread e-letter
On 02/10/2011, Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@orange.fr wrote: I think other formats than ODF should be considered only as export formats, like pdf is. Work in ODF, save in ODF and, if you have to send your file, choose an export format accordingly to the usage of the file. If receiver of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-03 Thread e-letter
On 02/10/2011, Mr. Jack Nash III jack.n...@familianash.com wrote: All, Has anyone been able to get PowerPoint´s to display correctly in LibreOffice Impress? I am having a lot of trouble with .ppt and .pptx presentations, as they simply do not display well in LibreOffice. The background, the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 03/10/2011 11:34, e-letter ha scritto: On 02/10/2011, Vinod Nadiadwalathinw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am migrating my company's pc to libreoffice on windows, all my users are using windows terminal services, now i want to set default file save format to MS-Office i.e. .doc, .xls, .ppt

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 03/10/2011 11:46, e-letter ha scritto: On 02/10/2011, Mr. Jack Nash IIIjack.n...@familianash.com wrote: All, Has anyone been able to get PowerPoint´s to display correctly in LibreOffice Impress? I am having a lot of trouble with .ppt and .pptx presentations, as they simply do not display

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.10.2011 11:34, e-letter wrote: For those seeking to use LO as an m$ clone, either make a donation to LO for the time you are wasting for LO compatibility with m$ or preferably, pay m$ and continue to use m$ products. When you find m$ formats 2010, 2011, 95, rtf, pptx, ppty, pptz are

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.10.2011 11:49, Marcello Romani wrote: This is not the kind of attitude that will attract MS Office users to LibO/OOo or here to ask for advice. Very smart of you. Next time think twice before hitting send, and ask yourself: will these insults help LibO/OOo ? The myth of an MS Office

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Pedro
Andreas Säger wrote: The myth of an MS Office clone is by far more frustrating because it waists a lot of time with very unproductive experiments. This is not a question of partisanship. People should use whatever software works for them. This is not a matter of being a clone. If a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.10.2011 11:38, e-letter wrote: By coincedence, was thinking about this whilst looking at the menu bar 'file'. There are 'save as' and 'export' options. Wouldn't be better from a design perspective to use the 'save as' option only for odf formats, and the option 'export' for non-odf (pdf,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress PowerPoint

2011-10-03 Thread jorge
+ 1 El lun, 03-10-2011 a las 10:46 +0100, e-letter escribió: On 02/10/2011, Mr. Jack Nash III jack.n...@familianash.com wrote: All, Has anyone been able to get PowerPoint´s to display correctly in LibreOffice Impress? I am having a lot of trouble with .ppt and .pptx presentations, as

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread MiguelAngel
El 03/10/11 11:38, e-letter escribi:On 02/10/2011, Jean-Baptiste Faurejbf.faure@orange.frwrote:I think other formats than ODF should be considered only as export formats, like pdf is. Work in ODF, save in ODF and, if you have to send your file, choose an export format accordingly to the usage of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.10.2011 12:30, Pedro wrote: This is not a matter of being a clone. If a user or company wants to migrate (and I believe that TDF and LO want that in spite of your personal opinion) from MS Office to LO they need to be able to convert their existing documents. But then you need a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 03/10/2011 13:13, jorge ha scritto: Marcello: Excuse me but the problem is to think that the program problem is LO/Ooo. The main think for this program is funtion well in their owns formats (Open standard Format). Try to help people whom using ms is an extra feature but not an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
My comment on this benefit issue is the following: Reading and writing ODF is the way I hope the world of Office Suite default formats go to. Until then, a office suite needs to be able to read/write the other file formats used my the market-place. Right now MS formats dominate the market.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 03/10/2011 14:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: MS wants to control everything to do with the office suite and computer software markets. Agree with that - witness the debate on the UEFI Secure Boot that MS will be requiring OEM Vendors to implement in order to carry the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 03.10.2011 18:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 03/10/2011 17:21, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I wonder if you can use that filter with 2007? Yes you can, and it works much better (as you said) than the built-in MSO filters. Unfortunately if you don't have a copy already

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-03 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I know I had it on one of my backup DVDs. I will look for it when I have a chance. On 10/03/2011 12:28 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 03/10/2011 17:21, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: I wonder if you can use that filter with 2007? Yes you can, and it works much better

[libreoffice-users] equal width columns

2011-10-03 Thread James
I want the columns to each be the same width (the width of the selected columns divided by the number of selected columns). I found this: Space Columns Equally Adjusts the width of the selected columns to match the width of the widest column in the selection. The total width of the table

Re: [libreoffice-users] equal width columns

2011-10-03 Thread MiguelAngel
El 04/10/11 1:27, James escribió: I want the columns to each be the same width (the width of the selected columns divided by the number of selected columns). I found this: Space Columns Equally Adjusts the width of the selected columns to match the width of the widest column in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] equal width columns

2011-10-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-10-04 12:27, James wrote: I want the columns to each be the same width (the width of the selected columns divided by the number of selected columns). I found this: Space Columns Equally Adjusts the width of the selected columns to match the width of the widest column in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] equal width columns

2011-10-03 Thread planas
On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 01:48 +0200, MiguelAngel wrote: El 04/10/11 1:27, James escribió: I want the columns to each be the same width (the width of the selected columns divided by the number of selected columns). I found this: Space Columns Equally Adjusts the width of the

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-discuss] OASIS Standard ODF 1.2 Approved

2011-10-03 Thread Jaime R. Garza
Hello All, Why isn't ODF added as an extension of HTML5? This would define ODF as the defacto Web Standard for Files! An ideas who could try to pursue such an agreement? Cheers! Jaime On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 03:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.orgwrote: The OASIS ODF 1.2

[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-discuss] OASIS Standard ODF 1.2 Approved

2011-10-03 Thread Ian Lynch
On 3 October 2011 09:45, Jaime R. Garza gar...@gmail.com wrote: It would be great if connected people could help to introduce this idea. I hope it doesn't stay just as an idea! I'll be willing to help in the discussions and organization, but I don't have the contacts. Anyone with contacts

[libreoffice-users] No anti-aliasing with Graphite fonts

2011-10-03 Thread Jonathan Schultz
Hello, Hoping this is the right forum, I wanted to ask if anyone could help me get anti-aliasing to work with Graphite fonts (Linux Biolinum G and Linux Libertine G) on LibreOffice. Without anti-aliasing it looks pretty terrible on-screen, but still very nice when exported or printed. The

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Assessing ODF Conformance (Re: OASIS Standard ODF 1.2 Approved)

2011-10-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
NoOp has carried out some interesting experiments by using an ODF Validator (below at the end). This brings to mind a few observations. They are intriguing for me because they illustrate how tricky it is to assess conformance and also the pitfalls that lurk in assuming conformance by default.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Assessing ODF Conformance (Re: OASIS Standard ODF 1.2 Approved)

2011-10-03 Thread Pedro
Hi Dennis It's interesting that you find out about this now... When I did some tests back in May 2011 and I questioned if TDF shouldn't worry about this and have it's own tool, nobody found it important...

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Calc and Base problems.

2011-10-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 09/30/2011 08:36 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: The integration of HSQLDB into a so called database document was the biggest mistake ever. Just to be clear: HSQLDB is a great software and so is LibreOffice. The way how both products are merged into one container format generates a caricature of