[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
I use Ubuntu at home and the office but I do have to communicate with the outside world which unfortunately uses lots of MicroSoft Office in various flavors.. I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 11:30:23 dcannell wrote: My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native with my Ubuntu 10.04 I can't download LibreOffice for testing without blowing my OpenOffice away. Try doing a parallel install:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Séamas Ó Brógáin
David: You should probably be aware that the automatic bullet feature (and the automatic numbering feature) in Microsoft Word does not place the appropriate characters within the text, as it seems to do, but simulates them by means of templates that are stored in another part of the file (if I

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out OpenOffice when it installs? From https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice Please note OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice don’t coexist. Install LibreOffice following these instructions will effectively remove OpenOffice.org.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread dcannell
Thanks Séamas, I've about reached the same conclusion just not so sure how to go about it. Thanks again... -- KB1TVH dcann...@freeshell.org SDF Public Access UNIX System http://freeshell.org ~ On 04/11/2012 12:23 PM, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: David:

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Nino Novak
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote: Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out OpenOffice when it installs? Despite its name, the parallel install does not install the software but just copies the executables into the chosen directory. So nothing

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi David, dcannell wrote (11-04-12 17:30) I've found that I can't (currently using OpenOffice) maintain bullets or outline numbering between .odt and .doc formats which is probably no surprise to anyone. [...] At this point I'm working on a project that needs to get done in a couple of days

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 11 April, 2012, 17:02 On Wednesday 11 April 2012, 11:30:23 dcannell wrote: My other issue is that with the OpenOffice that came native

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice/OpenOffice - bullets/numbering between Open* formats and MicroSoft

2012-04-11 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 21:40 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:25:11 PM dcannell wrote: Although they are quite specific about saying LibreOffice wipes out OpenOffice when it installs? Despite its name, the parallel install does not install the software but just