On 09/04/2008 12:18 PM, M Henri Day wrote: > 2008/9/4 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > OOo-Dev_OOO300_m4_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz, I was able to cd to > the proper DEBS folder and install the m4 version. Halleluja !... > > Now for a really interesting observation - and, as usual, a question : > firstly, in the new OOo-dev Writer, SCIM works like a charm, as does the > «Ctrl+Shift+u→hexcode→space bar» method for inputting Unicode glyphs ! > Amazing ! However, when I try the same operations on OOo 2.4.1, they fail. > Given the fact that the OOo-dev(m4) works so well, I should like to > uninstall 2.4.1, and here comes my question - in the event I do so, am I > likely to have any difficulty opening doc or odt files that are sent as, > say, email attachments, and which now open automatically in OOo 2.4.1 when I > click them ; i e, will they open automatically in OOo 3 ? I'm also wondering > if docx files will open automatically there in that case - which would be > spendid, as I then should no longer need to boot into Windows to access > them....
Leave 2.4.1 installed. As I recall you've got plenty of hard drive space & it is a good idea to leave a stable version to work with. OOo-dev will quite likely change to m5 in the very near future, then m6, then who knows, until the OOo 3 release (hopefully later this month or October?). And as the name suggests it is a development snapshot. Also, there are some options that are purposely disabled in the dev versions, so keep your 2.4.1 and just build application launch icons/menu's to 3-dev. As for docx; yes it will work. You should have no issues in opening doc or odt/ods/etc files. However, others with older versions (2.4.1) will encounter a "This document was created by a newer version of OpenOffice.org. It may contain features not supported by your current version. Click 'Update Now...' to run online update and get the latest version of OpenOffice.org" when opening files from you. Now of course, if they click "Update Now" they will find no newer version, and they will be directed to the following URL in their browser: http://odfnotify.services.openoffice.org/OOo2.4.1/notification.jsp?version=ODF1.2 So to avoid confusion to others that you send OOo3-dev documents to, you can open in 2.4.1 and save, then send to them. It's a bit of a pain, but that's what you get for testing the dev version :-) BTW: testing is key, so _please_, if you find a bug please report it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
