On Saturday 21 April 2007 13:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Saturday 21 April 2007, Robert Smits wrote: > > > But quite often the vesion packed in the distribution > > > is not the lates, so you are better off not installing > > > this, but downloading and installing the version from > > > OO.org > > > > In my view, Ron, that's an extremely good reason NOT to > > install a version direct from OO unless there is a new > > feature you absolutely cannot live without. I'd much > > sooner use the distribution updates when they come (and > > they're not usually that far behind, excepting Linspire) > > and also any added functionality added by the distro. > > The distros don't normally add functionality to OOo they > take it away. >
That's not a problem with every distro, and is certainly not true of SuSe Linux. > The version shipped with Fedora has functionality based on > questionable patented code stripped. > > The drag and copy feature in the Official OOo version from > the OOo website has the ability to type letters and/or > numbers in the cell. Then you can grab the bottom right > corner and drag and have the cells copy in increment. > Example: > January then drag and you get Februray etc. > Sunday then drag and you get Monday etc. > b001c001v001 then drag you get b001c001v002 etc. > Yes, and using my SuSe 10.1 version of Open Office, build 2.0.4.17, the function is there and works perfectly fine. > You can't do any of this with the Fedora version. It will > pop up a dialog box and you have to use numbers only and > numeric formulas only before it will fill the cells. It > will not fill a cell if it has even one letter in it. > > I uninstalled the Fedora version and downloaded and > installed the latest from the OOo web site and I have not > had any trouble with the install. > > Since OOo does not do encremental updates, I am not missing > anything by not having the distro version installed. Your experience with Fedora not withstanding, some distros at least DO ADD features, not take them away. When you use the version customized for your distro you are also unlikely to have any install problems, which is not always true for versions intended for any distro, although I have never had problems with OO in that regard. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
