huh ???
Are you attempting to open a new document to contact this list or
what?;
what's your question?
You surely don't mean that you're unable to open a blank e-mail to
send a document ;-)
Curiously wondering,
From: Philip Ward <skegg...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sorry guys, not part of the current thread, how do i start a new thread? or
question etc?
been a while, and totally forgot!!
cheers
Phil
On 24/07/2015 21:59, anne-ology wrote:
As for me, I much prefer to use LO.
>
> Although it's not compatible with MSFT; this makes it difficult to
> send a document to someone.
> I will then - if a small document, copy/paste into an e-mail or
> save as MSFT to send to them -
>
> and while so doing, I'm thinking, why, oh why, doesn't everyone
> download LO -
> I eliminated this compatibility problem with PPs by merely
> switching to videos ;-)
>
> AND a definite plus for LO, when these inane MSFT hold-outs make
> their documents, then send to me ... when I open in LO then save as such,
> the KBs are drastically reduced ... ... ... (I guess that's due to all the
> gobbledygook which MSFT adds to their program for whatever reason)
>
> I'm not sure what you consider a complex document, but my documents
> run the gamut from pamphlets to books with images scattered throughout &
> sometimes tables ... and tables are so much easier to do in LO yet next to
> impossible to line up in MsFT; these really frustrate me when I have to
> save as MSFT to send out ;-)
> [I'll sometimes photograph them so they can be sent as an image
> ;-) ]
>
> Well, that's my experience,
>
>
>
> From: Tom Williams <tomd...@comcast.net>
> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:31 AM
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
> documents"
> To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
>
>
> Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable
> alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many
> comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS
> Office. Some say yes, others say no. One common comment made by those
> who say no is Writer isn't good for "complex documents". For "basic"
> word processing, it's fine.
>
> Question: in what ways does LO Writer "fail" at editing or creating
> "complex documents"?
>
> Does anyone here have any experience with LO Writer and "complex
> documents"? If so, what has your experience been (either good or bad)?
>
> I know I haven't actually defined "complex documents" but I haven't seen
> any definition of that in any of the comments I've read either. So,
> I'll leave the definition up to whatever you would consider a "complex
> document". :)
>
> I've submitted on LO Writer bug where Writer didn't handle Word
> documents with pages with different page orientations well. I was
> helping a friend with a term paper and most of the paper was in portrait
> orientation, but a few pages were in landscape. LO Writer treated the
> entire document as either portrait or landscape but couldn't handle the
> mixture of both. I think that's been fixed, since I reported the bug.
> That's been about my only experience with a "complex document".
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peace...
>
> "The other" Tom
>
> --
> /When we dance, you have a way with me,
> Stay with me... Sway with me.../
>
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