Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
To: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2012, 7:49 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/20/2012 02:49 AM, e-letter wrote: On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most people find the it confusing or annoying. What seemed to work best for most collaborative documents was to have one person be

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Robert Funnell
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Would an acceptable work-around be to send 2 versions of the document?  The old and the new? In 'most' (?) cases people would hopefully already have the old version, or an even older one.  Then hopefully the Compare Documents feature in the

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread e-letter
On 20/12/2012, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: If I am writing code I almost certainly would not use LO but either an IDE or an enhanced text editor. The formating I need is to highlight syntax and possible syntactical errors as I enter the code. Understood, but the point being made is

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread e-letter
On 20/12/2012, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I trust there's no surprise that the OASIS Standard ODF documents are developed and maintained as ODF documents. Tracked changes are critical to the work of the ODF TC and the review processes that the work goes through. In

[libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple products available to produce ODF files, but I digress). There are many bugs concerning this feature, which is surprising. In the typical collaborative

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple products available to produce ODF files, but I digress). There are many bugs concerning

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Jay Lozier
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple products available to produce ODF

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Bobby kneisel
...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Sandy Harris
Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: The track changes thing is far too advanced for most office workers i know of. When i tried to get people into it they complained that all the red crossings out and different colours was all t confusing. I have never seen anyone use this feature in

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread VA
In the legal field, the track changes feature is used a lot. Typically, one lawyer will draft a document, and send it off to another for revision. The document will go back and forth several times, with each lawyer adding his own changes. The track changes feature is most important. It actually

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
: e-letter inp...@gmail.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Robert Funnell
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. Bobby Kneisel I wouldn't call it 'must-have' in my

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org To: 'Robert Funnell' robert.funn...@mcgill.ca; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 23:19 Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
but it's close. F. From: Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org To: 'Robert Funnell' robert.funn...@mcgill.ca; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 23:19 Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ I

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Bobby kneisel bobby.knei...@ktechsolutionsllc.com wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. In this case there is no alternative but to use m$? -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most people find the it confusing or annoying. What seemed to work best for most collaborative documents was to have one person be responsible for final edits after getting input