Hi :) I suspect a good place to start might be somewhere like http://www.microsoft.com but it might still only be written for a certain web-browser and might render badly on yours (or even block you). I think they sorted it out now but for ages it just wouldn't work. Regards from Tom :)
----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Chad Homan <[email protected]> >To: Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 16:28 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start >renting their office products instead > >I should be following this tread more closely. But does anyone have links >to any M$ sites >that spell out the details of the "rentals"? Also, what happens to people >using older versions >of office (like officeXP, etc). Will they roll forward into this pricing >model? When does this >take affect? > >Join The RVLution <http://www.monavie.com/rvlution>- Together We Win! >-- >Chad - I AM MONAVIE >Creating A More Meaningful Life > > >On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker ><[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 02/10/12 19:38, Tim Deaton wrote: >> >>> I don't think we need to remove existing features. But I DO think we >>> need to focus on the "90% of average users". Basically, I think LO should >>> be making sure it can do everything that MS Office 97 (15-year-old >>> software) could do, and do it just as well and just as easily. If LO could >>> do THAT, it would eat Microsoft's lunch. >>> >>> Absolutely agree. Most of the "functionality" that MS has added to >> Office 2007/2010 has been geared towards the corporate collaborative user, >> which certainly in my experience (and I have to say my last corporate job >> was over ten years ago so the playing field may well have changed in this >> respect) wasn't a key factor in usage, and certainly has never been in the >> SOHO sector. >> I believe that Office 2013 is even more aimed at "cloud" and >> "collaborative" usage - although it's highly probable that I shan't ever >> find out! >> One of the problems that I've come across is that my daughter uses LO and >> "sends as" MS Office 97-2003 documents when emailing. It appears that her >> recipients get gobbledy-gook so I need to find out what's happening there >> because that shouldn't happen. >> IMHO LO is every bit as good as MS Office 97, but then that wasn't a >> particularly good iteration of MS Office! I think the aim should be to >> match Office 2003, which still seems to be the current standard by which >> Office suites are measured. (The very large international company my Wife >> works for are still on 2003......) >> >> -- >> >> Registered Linux User no 240308 >> GBP's alternative >> computing:http://gbplinuxfoss.**blogspot.com/<http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/> >> Say No to OOXMLhttp:// >> www.linuxjournal.**com/article/9594#mpart8<http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8> >> I only accept odf or pdf documents by email >> >> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected].** >> org <users%[email protected]> >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** >> unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** >> Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> >> List archive: >> http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> > >-- >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 > > > > -- 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
