Thank you very much for your help Tim! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com
"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tim Deaton <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, you would save to the .ppt format in BOTH programs. > > -- Tim > =========================== > I know the plans I have for you: > Plans to prosper you and not to harm you; > Plans to give you hope and a future. > --- God (Jeremiah 29:11) > > On 7/28/2013 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: > > Hello Dave, > > You said: "It's not clear to me what you mean by 'how to start or use > Notes'." > > That's really the long and the short of it. My wife does not know how > to start or to use Notes, period. So I really appreciate your giving > me the links to the Documentation page -- including the Getting > Started and Impress guides -- and to Chapter 8 which includes > information about Notes. > > Also thank you for seconding Clarence's advice about saving the LibO > Impress file as .ppt. (Do you also recommend saving it within > PowerPoint as .ppt?) > > Jeff Deutsch > Speaker & Life Coach > A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs > http://www.asplint.com > > "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." > Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- > http://www.MarionSpeaks.com > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > Sorry you got a less than welcoming response to your question on the > Apache list, but let's see what we can do to help you. > > My suggestions are given in-line with your original message. > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Jeffrey Deutsch <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:49:03 -0400 > > Hello, > > My wife is willing to consider converting to LibreOffice 4 > permanently. Here's her major issue, in two parts: > > (1) She does not know how to start or use Notes in LibO Impress (the > presentation part). > > It's not clear to me what you mean by "how to start or use Notes". > You will find it helpful to read the "Getting Started" and "User" > guides, available from: > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ > Specific information about Notes can be found in chapter 8 of the > Impress User Guide: > http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/impress-guide/published-lo-4.0/ig4-0-ch8-adding-and-formatting-slides-notes-and-handouts/view > > (2) When she starts (and saves) Notes in PowerPoint, and then works on > the presentation in LibO -- even if she does not touch the Notes while > in LibO -- when she re-opens the presentation in PowerPoint the Notes > are all fouled up every which way. > > When she uses LibO, it's version 4.0, on Windows 7 Home Premium, and > she saves the file as PowerPoint 2007/2010 (.pptx). And she uses > PowerPoint 2010, also on Windows (she thinks Windows 7 for Government > but is not certain). > > Unfortunately, MS XML file formats are something of a moving target. > Although there have been many improvements in LO/MS XML compatibility > there is still work to be done. > > As previously suggested to you by Clarence M Weaver, try using the older > ".ppt" format to move presentations between Powerpoint and Impress. > Clarence & I have both tested this and it appears to be a reliable > work-around. > > What does she need to do? > > Thank you very much! > > Jeff Deutsch > > Hope this helps. > > Dave > > > > -- To unsubscribe 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
