On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:16:00 -0400, Robert Adkins wrote: > Chad Smith wrote: > >>On 10/24/05, David Teague(T-bird acct) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>(I assure you that OO.o is missing ONLY a grammar checker, and that is >>>being worked on) >>> >>> >>> >> >>And an email client, and a Desktop Publisher, and templates, and macros, >>and clipart.... >> >>-Chad Smith >> >> > Why does OpenOffice.org require an email client? There are plenty of > other email clients out there that work perfectly well. > > If it is about that magical word "Integration", then perhaps the > OpenOffice.org gurus could whip up an open ended access point to > OpenOffice.org that would allow any actively being developed email clients > to "Plug-In" and integrate with the office suite. > > Then the complaint there would be that OpenOffice.org doesn't have > an email server like Exchange, am I right? > > I could see OpenOffice.org one day adding a "Deskopt Publisher", > similar to MS Publisher. I have yet to personally discover a regular > everyday business need for a "Desktop Publisher" software. Of course, I am > not in advertising or marketing. So, that might well explain it. >
I have used FrameMaker and Interleaf and there is very little that these can do that I cannot do in OOo. What exactly are the requirements that need to be fulfilled? > I agree that OpenOffice.org could use templates. Perhaps those of us > on this very mailing list could start whipping up templates, vette them > on this or another list specific to OpenOffice.org Templates and then > submit those to a repository of templates. Then a later update to > OpenOffice.org 2.0 could add a "Download Templates as you Need" feature > or better yet, have a seperate small installable executable that can be > used to install a regularly updated Template library. We, at the documentation project, are always looking for good templates. see http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/index.html> > The same thing could be done with Clipart. Of course, both Clipart > and Templates would need to be carefully looked over in order to make > certain that nobody is infringing by simply copying already existing > template and Clipart libraries. This might be better suited for a > Creative Commons like organization to work on. Openclipart is a good source. Even svg can be imported using the addon available from http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ Yes licensing can be problematic, that is what the PDL is for we can ccept new ones under LGPL. > > As for Macros, isn't that simply based off of VisualBASIC in MS > Office? Doesn't OpenOffice.org use something born from "StarBASIC" and > or a Java Interface for the same basic feature? (Without all the > inherent danger in what I see as the crummy MS implementation.) > > -Rob You can script in many languages, OOoBASIC being one. Check out http://api.openoffice.org/ for some of more popular ones. hope this helps. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
