On Wednesday 27 April 2005 11:20 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HELP!!!! :) > > My name is Mike. Please read this and see if ANYONE is able to help me! I may have just stumbled upon something that OOo is not compatible to do. I hope not, but I am unable to figure this out! > > I have OOo 1.1.4 and LOVE it...... except for this dilemma. My OS is XP Home Edition on a 450mHz, 384 RAM, 20Gig HD system. I also have Word 97 installed (which isn't helping with the below issue either!) Here goes.... > > I have to write a dissertation for my Doctorate degree. > I have found a couple good programs that format my > dissertation (thesis) automatically, instead of me having to re-learn a > certain writing styles like Turabian, MLA or APA. However, these programs > say that they require that the PC system has: MS Word 2000 or greater, and > that macros have to be turned on. OK... so what I have done is downloaded 2 > separate programs to try them out to see which one I would rather purchase > to write my paper. Well... as it turns out... it seems that OOo is not > letting these programs work in conjunction with them, because all I get is a > bunch of gobbly-gook on the pages in the text area that should have the > format of MLA or Turabian laid out for me. Make sense? So that is why I > am asking this. Is it about macros? Is it that OOo does not support this? What? > And if any of you knew if OOo is TRULY compatible with > other programs that require MS Word 2000 or newer, such as what I've discussed?
OOo reads and writes very well the MsOffice formats. It is not compatible with Word macros since App Basic is patented and not available. Therefore, OOo is not compatible 100% due to macros. To keep from getting sued as quickly. If you rewrite your macros in StarBasic or whatever it's called then they are fine. If a program requires MsOffice 2000 then you will have to purchase or steal MsOffice 2000. Richard. > Let me know if all of that makes sense, and if you have any suggestions ASAP. > > Thanks again! > Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
