I've also been wondering how I can go back to OpenOffice, wondering whether I should uninstall LibreOffice first. I've had trouble with LibreOffice refusing to print in landscape mode. I googled and learned that it's a known issue -- at least a few people have reported this. I've tried everything I know (not much) to fix it, but, although Print Preview looks fine, anything printed in landscape mode is distorted. So I'm thinking of getting rid of Libre Office and re-installing Open Office. I'm not a sophisticated user and not even sure I know how to do this correctly.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, John Bijnens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I thought after the fork of LibreOffice Oracle gave the source code of > OpenOffice to the Apache Foundation. > IBM donated the source code of their OpenOffice fork called Lotus Symphony > also to the Apache Foundation. > If I've read everything correctly the Apache Foundation has a special policy > called the Incubation this is a period of time during which amongst lots of > other things the new project is kept under quarantine for patent issues and > to see whether the project is viable. > I thought this period of time is practically over and a new release of > OpenOffice can be expected during the second half of this year. > > I have OpenOffice installed on my laptop and I have LibreOffice as a > portable app on an external hard drive in case I need it. > I prefer OpenOffice because, although it lacks some features available in > LibreOffice which I don't use that often, it is much stabler and thus more > of use in a production environment. Of course this is my personal > impression, things can be different for someone else. > > Best regards, > > John Bijnens > > > On 19/04/2012 16:18, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: >> >> >> I really do not think having LO and AOO on the same computer works >> properly for most users. LO is well beyond what AOO is at, and LO people >> have cleaned out so much of the old/bad/outdated code that it would be a >> real catch-up act for AOO to give you the same features and such that LO >> have given us since mid-3.3.x line. I use 3.4.6, but will got to 3.5.x when >> it get some of its issues fixed that are specific for my needs. >> >> Yes, you can have LO and AOO installed on the same computer. >> No, you cannot run both at the same time. >> No, it is not something that works well for most users. >> >> Yes, it is your choice to try. >> >> On 04/19/2012 08:49 AM, Caesar wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:34:39 +0200, "R.S." >>> <[email protected]> wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Open >>> Office and Libre Office Questions...: >>> >>>> Il 19/04/2012 6.03, Jerry Greenberg ha scritto: >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible to have both Libre Office and Open Office installed at >>>>> the same time on the same computer? >>>>> >>>>> Are there going to be any new updates for Open Office. I read that >>>>> since Oracle took over they have not been very keen on supporting Open >>>>> Office. >>>>> >>>> Hi, although it colud be possible, the installation program registers on >>>> the registry the same associations. If you have encountered crashes with >>>> Libreoffice 3.5.2.2 try using version 3.4.6. >>>> I prefer using Libreoffice because it is more efficient and it has a lot >>>> of functions that are not included in OpenOffice. >>> >>> You can probably avoid any such conflicts by using a "portable" >>> version of LO from here: >>> >>> http://portableapps.com/news/2012-04-16_-_libreoffice_portable_3.5.2_released >>> >>> for more info, see this: >>> http://portableapps.com/support/libreoffice_portable >>> >> >> > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
