On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi :) > Errr, what happens if you do more than 3 of the - signs? Might that help > Word to recognise them? > I tried that, got the same result. But thanks for the idea! > Regards from > Tom :) > > On 24 September 2014 00:27, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Pdf is the best route imo. Note that the advantage LIbreOffice offers >> here is that it makes uncompressed Pdfs fairly easily, or at least with >> loss-less compression instead of making things a bit fuzzy. >> >> You'll still probably need to use boring and over-used fonts such as >> Times New Roman, Arial or for that wacky, friendly look the infamous Comic >> Sans to fit in with whatever he/she is likely to have on his/her machine. >> Students love dull boring old stuff don't they? >> >> There is another neat trick if you are going to give him/her the files on >> a usb-stick and be able to click a couple of things yourself. The Portable >> Apps initiative >> http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/ >> It makes the programs/apps available without having to install them onto >> the Windows machine. Then when you unplug the usb-stick the program >> becomes unavailable again. >> >> It might be worth testing this before relying on it. I'd want the Pdf on >> the same Usb-stick and easy to quickly email in case her machine is tooo >> locked down. >> >> I'm not sure how to help with the fonts but maybe it's something to think >> about next time. >> >> >> Why does she/he "have to" read them in MS Office anyway? I'd bet she >> doesn't use MS Office to read Pdfs. At some point people decided it was ok >> to have 2 pieces of software to read documents. Why not a third? It is >> possible for her to have both MS Office for her own use and LibreOffice to >> handle documents from people who don't want to pay exorbitant fees for >> malware infested vendor lock-ins. Do all the students also 'have to' buy >> into MS Office because the staff are given it for free? >> >> Is it morally right for teachers to force their students to buy into >> something in order to help ensure the staff get it for free? (Sorry, just >> trying to give you arguments but they are unlikely to win you any fans!) >> Good luck and regards from >> Tom :) >> >> On 24 September 2014 00:12, "J. Van Brimmer" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Cley, >>> >>> I didn't think about the pdf route. That just may well work. I did try >>> sending an .odt to the secretary, same peoblem. When she opened it, some >>> of >>> the lines were missing. I'll try pdfs next. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Cley Faye <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I don't know how well it transition to .doc files, but my approach to >>> make >>> > answer lines is the following: >>> > - create a new paragraph style (let's call it "Answer Zone") >>> > - change the style spacing so that there is no extra space >>> before/after the >>> > paragraph >>> > - change the style border to be a single line at the bottom, and >>> disable >>> > the checkbox that merge the borders between paragraphs >>> > >>> > ...after typing this, I just checked, and that's roughly what the >>> "---\r" >>> > route is doing. Damn. The issues seems to be that the "Merge with next >>> > paragraph" option either doesn't exist in .doc format, or isn't carried >>> > over correctly. And no more luck with docx. >>> > >>> > Some sort of solution for your issue could be to just send the odt >>> (recent >>> > version of MS Office can read them, YMMV), or directly send the PDF, >>> which >>> > is clearly the best option if the recipient of your document will not >>> have >>> > to modify it, only to view/print it. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Cley Faye >>> > http://cleyfaye.net >>> > >>> > 2014-09-24 0:27 GMT+02:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <[email protected]>: >>> > >>> > > I'm using 4.3.1.2 on Xubuntu Linux. >>> > > >>> > > I am creating some lesson handouts for a class I'm going to be >>> teaching. >>> > I >>> > > have to email them to our secretary, who has to read them in MS >>> Office >>> > for >>> > > printing. >>> > > >>> > > The documents are formatted in landscape mode. >>> > > >>> > > In the document I enter a short text line, press Enter, then I type >>> in >>> > > three dashes, press Enter, and waula, I have a horizontal line for >>> the >>> > > students to write their answers on. >>> > > Sometimes I continue pressing Enter to automatically create as many >>> > lines >>> > > as I need. >>> > > >>> > > This works fine as ling as I stay in .odt format. But if I save the >>> > > document in .doc format, and then open the .doc file in LibreOffice, >>> some >>> > > of the horizontal lines are missing. I have tried everything I can >>> think >>> > > of, but I can't get all of the lines to "stick" from .odt to .doc >>> format. >>> > > >>> > > I have read the "Help" page here: >>> > > https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Drawing_Lines_in_Text >>> > > . >>> > > But those tips don't work either. >>> > > >>> > > I am being forced to work in Winbroke using BS Word. Help! >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > ->Jerry<- >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > 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 >>> > > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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 >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ->Jerry<- >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> > -- ->Jerry<- -- 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
