You are free to quote me. On 2011-04-18 13:42, Wayne Borean wrote: > Again, do you mind if I quote? I'm a journalist, and I cover Free Software. > > Wayne > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Steve Edmonds > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> This case is probably not alone. >> My daughter sent her homework home from school as a .docx from MSO 2010. >> It opened terribly on her MSO starter 2010 version at home, hardly >> repairable. >> It opened better in LO and could be repaired, completed and sent back. >> steve >> >> On 2011-04-18 12:53, Wayne Borean wrote: >> >>> Can I quote this story for an article? >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM, bunk3m <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Normally the list is about problems and solutions. >>>> >>>> So I wanted to share something with everyone that is positive. >>>> >>>> My son has a school supplied laptop that only has MS Office (XP). It is >>>> locked down so tight that we can't install anything onto it. >>>> >>>> He prepared his Powerpoint presentation (in .ppt), put it on a USB key >>>> and took it to school. >>>> >>>> But it wouldn't load on the PC at school running MS Office 2007. :-( >>>> >>>> It also wouldn't open on my Mac running Office 2011. :-( >>>> I tried Office 2011 because I thought the MS formats would be >>>> compatible. Wrong. >>>> >>>> I use Libreoffice more than Office so I thought we would try it. (I >>>> also test the betas) >>>> >>>> The presentation opened without any problem. We saved it to PDF so he >>>> could take it to school. The pdf worked OK. >>>> >>>> So all you developers, be pleased with your work! It is getting better >>>> and better. In many cases, I now see it is better than MS Office! >>>> Congratulations! >>>> >>>> A win for Libreoffice!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >>>> Posting guidelines + more: >>>> >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> >>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ >>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>>> deleted >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> >> >
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