An unfortunate aspect about all this is that folks like Denis should determine what application software other folks can or cannot use.
Sad and scary. On 9/11/05, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 10 September 2005 03:57 pm, Dennis Makowski wrote: > > Thanks for your in put. > > I downloaded version from your net. When installed it was version > > 1.9.XX. Do you always state a bata2 and print it as 1.9, > > > > Not to good to pass improper information to the users you want to > > support your product. > > > > Maybe your right, I didn't look fully at your program, I was too mad > > the way you messed up my compute files from Microsoft. > > > > But that's ok, my fellow workers 70 of them have deleted the program. > > > > Fix the takeover action, leave Microsoft files as Microsoft files and > > put yours with you own file tag and icon. > > > > You said version 2 is coming, why are you using false advertising on > > your wed site? > > > > Sorry. > > > <Snip> > Would you please stop complaining instead of trying to learn a few > things? Your attitude leaves very much to be desired. > Do you understand what Beta software is? It is NOT the final > release of the stated version. In this case, version 2.0 is still in > the testing stage. There are still bugs in the code that the developers > will want to remove before releasing 2.0. When OOo version 2.0 is > released, it will be marked as such: 2.0.0. In the mean time, all of > the 1.9.x versions are leading up to what 2.0.0 will be. Perhaps if you > spent a little more time reading the information found on the web site > you would not be making false accusations either. > Furthermore, if you are in a work environment, you should not be > using 1.9.x version for everyday work. OOo 1.1.4 is the version people > should use for a work environment. > Apparently you do not understand how file associations work nor > have a good concept of the language that is associated with them. As a > part of the installation process you were asked if you wanted to open > specific types of MS Office formats ( *.doc, *.xls, and *.ppt) using > OOo. To open a file using a specified program means double clicking > this file will launch the specified program and this file will be > opened in the specified program. You checked one or more of the boxes > saying that you wanted OOo to do this. (Bad move.) So you see, OOo did > not take over these file associations on its own, you told it to do so. > For the record, this point is explained in the setup guides for > each versions 1.1.4 (page 27) and version 1.9.x (page 20). [These are > two different setup guides by the way.] If you had read the proper > setup guide before installing the program or perhaps even carefully > read each window of the installation process, you would have saved > yourself a lot trouble and aggravation. > > Dan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- My OpenOffice Calc Website http://www.openofficetips.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
