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

2011-11-03 Thread Charlotte18
Yes, but the OP states that he knows how to set the Load/Save settings in the GUI. He wants to use a configuration file to push MS defaults to all users. I responded with instructions to accomplish his specific request. Many other responders here berated the OP and, although they're obviously

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

2011-11-03 Thread ESChamp
Charlotte18 has written on 11/2/2011 9:23 PM: Yes, but the OP states that he knows how to set the Load/Save settings in the GUI. He wants to use a configuration file to push MS defaults to all users. I missed that. I responded with instructions to accomplish his specific request. It seemed

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

2011-11-03 Thread Tom
Hi :) I thought Charlotte's answer looked excellent. ES Champ's is the one i am more familiar with. I think both only set-up for a single machine? If so then you could copy the config folder as that contains all the settings, templates, galleries and extensions/add-ons/plugins and so on.

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

2011-11-03 Thread Charlotte18
It seemed to me that your instructions required the OP to visit each machine and carry out your steps. Unless you're suggesting that the OP create new files and copy them to each machine? My impression is that the OP intends to build an image with the configuration file for cloning multiple

[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,

[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

[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

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

2011-10-02 Thread Pedro
Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Bad idea. As MS-Office formats are foreign formats for LibreOffice, your users wil have a less good user experience with LibO because you force the software to make format conversions each time you open or save a document. Yes, but that is what the user is

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

2011-10-02 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 02/10/2011 13:01, Pedro a écrit : [...] Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: 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 document does not need to modify the file, pdf is the right format. If he needs

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

2011-10-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Why not using standardized file formats in MS Office? http://www.osor.eu/news/danish-hospital-hassle-free-use-of-odf-across-competing-office-suites The Danish Århus University Hospital in Risskov, a long-time user of OpenOffice, says there are no problems at all exchanging ODF-based documents

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

2011-10-02 Thread Pedro
Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: No, because you will have exactly the same problem: even if you save in MS-Office formats, LibO use ODF as internal format, so you have a conversion problem each time you save your file. That is a really interesting fact but also extremely worrying. I'm sure

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

2011-10-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.10.2011 13:49, Pedro wrote: That is true. But when you are working within the same format, you assume that what is on screen is what is being saved! If you want to save what you see on the screen you've got to save a screenshot. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to:

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

2011-10-02 Thread planas
Hi On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 13:31 +0200, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: Le 02/10/2011 13:01, Pedro a écrit : [...] Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: 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] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

2011-10-02 Thread Brian Barker
At 04:49 02/10/2011 -0700, Pedro Noname wrote: What [someone was] saying is that when you press the Save button in a doc file (and you are not informed of this problem when you just Save it, only on Save As) there is a conversion that causes the document NOT to be saved as you are seeing it