* Ian Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [170205, 10:35]:
> [snip]
>
> On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 06:44, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> [...]
> OOo can not interpret Lotus macros.
>
> Macros in OOo are stored in modules in libraries. A library can be part
> of a document (such as a spreadsheet) or be part of the OOo installation
> (I.e. available for all documents).
>
> In OOo there are two ways of writing/recording macros:
> 1. Using something called UNO dispatch calls. This is the way that the
> standard OOo macro recorder works. It is closer in concept to the
> recorded keystrokes of Lotus.
> 2. API calls. This is generally the preferred way of writing macros in
> OOo. The macro that Ger refers to above records Calc actions as a series
> of API calls.
>
> Sometimes in my macros I use a combination of the two.
>
> If I remember correctly - in Lotus assigning a macro to Control+0 meant
> that it would execute automatically on opening the file. In OOo you can
> have macros run upon certain events, such as on opening the file. To do
> this: Tools > Configure... > Events.
>
> Hope this helps - Ian Laurenson
Yes, it does: that means I'd need a lot more time to do the conversion
in case I decided to fully complete my migration from m$ to linux :-)
Thanks for the clear explanation.
P:S: For G.R.Singleton: I think Ian was directly answering my queries,
not contesting your answers; so, there seems to be no reason to get
annoyed/offended :-)
Sorry for being the indirect 'culprit' for this misunderstanding :-)
Cheers,
Ennio.
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