On Sunday 05 November 2006 4:36 pm, arnold huzen wrote: > But the OP's question is not to create a document that is readable next > year or in ten years time or on any commonly used OS. The question is > how can he send a Word-document to his readers, when he is using OO.o to > create the newsletter. This means his readers are on Windows or Apple > machines. > > Everytime this question comes up in its many varieties, sending the > document as an attachement in MS-format is ignored and not mentioned to > the OP. Personally I think that's a serious denial of functionality > that's built into OO.o but that doesn't get used if we do not point it > out to users where it could be a solution to their question. > > Arnold Huzen
while I agree that the option should be pointed out. I would absolutly never suggest it as the proper solution. There are several reason for this. 1) I will not off up a solution that is to convert a open formatted document to closed format when other options exist. 2) I will not support closed formats <period>. If I did this I would work for a company and get paid for it and not support this list and teach OO for free. 3) In this case the proper solution is a PDF for the following reasons. 1) as someone already mentioned free readers for any OS. 2) when you print a newsletter you should always distribute it in a format that is difficult to change. That way no one gets credited with articles that have been changed under your masthead. As a reader of this group for months I simply don't agree that people don't offer conversion solutions. I just don't agree with them when they do. Fred > > James Knott schreef: > > arnold huzen wrote: > >> Why is it that every time a users asks this question that he is advised > >> to create a PDF-document from the OO-document. OO is capable of sending > >> a document in the corresponding MSFT-format. The users can test the > >> conversion from ODF to (in this case) DOC to see what it does to the > >> formatting of his text. If it looks the same then he can send it to the > >> readers. Although diskspace isn't so much an issue anymore, anything > >> that saves diskspace would be better than creating extra documents that > >> one never uses again. > > > > In this instance, the OP is publishing a newletter, which means there's > > no need for recipients to be able to edit it. With any word processor > > format, there's always the possibility that someone won't be able to > > read it. Adobe readers are available for any OS in common use. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
