On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:35:10 +0100 "Gordon" <[email protected]> dijo:
> > "Web Kracked" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on one of my machines. > > > > Is there any thing I should know about dealing with > > the Ubuntu version of OOo? > > > > I want to start setting it up with all the extensions > > I have on my Vista laptop, and such. > > > > This is my first step to converting all but one machine to Linux. > > Next will be an HP Athlon64 laptop that is running 32-bit XP/pro > > that will be given a 64-bit OS so I can number crunch BOINC > > projects faster. Also that will be my default Linux machine. > > > > This Vista one will go to Win7 when it comes out, and working properly. > > > > But now I need all the help with Ubuntu 9 and OOo on Linux as I can get. > > As far as I'm aware, the only major difference between OO on Windows and OO > in Ubuntu is that the Ubuntu version won't access Email client address books > to use for mail merge, labels etc. If you don't use this function, then > there's no real differences AFAIK... There is one other difference. In the version from OOo the File > Save option is grayed out when the file has not been altered. If you type so much as a space it then becomes available. Ditto for Ctrl-s - if you hit Ctrl-s and the document has not been changed it does not resave the document, saving time and disk use. In the Ubuntu version it is always available, so you can't tell if you need to save the document or not. It's not a show-stopper, but I liked the fact that I didn't have to continually save the document when I had made no changes. When I am writing I sometimes go for a long time "thinking" before I actually type something, by which time I have forgotten about the last time I saved the document. Plus, I have a habit of hitting Ctrl-s randomly, wasting time because it is frequently unnecessary. I understand that the grayed out Save option was deliberately disabled so that OOo Calc would look more like Excel. There may be other differences, but that is the only one that I have noticed. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
