On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:36:42 -0500 TomW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:29:37 +0000 > > Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> >> According to > >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease24 , on 4 March 2008 > > I would really like to see a list of new features for 2.4, but the OOo > > website is a massive place. Can someone point me to the list of changes? > http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.m2_snapshot.html > > is the link. I have been using this release since last week. Thanks. Sadly I note that 2.4 will still not be able to use OpenType fonts on Linux. It will probably be another year before 2.5, and probably the OOo developers will ignore us yet again when 2.5 comes out. I am giving serious consideration to abandoning OOo and going to Microsoft Office. As much as I dislike it I really can't put up with not being able to use OpenType fonts in OOo on Linux much more. It's especially annoying considering that Linux has fully supported OpenType longer than Windows. I am responsible for aspects of software support at my university. I have long extolled the virtues of OOo, but perhaps I am going to have to stop encouraging people to use it. It is not cross-platform if a student with OOo on Windows or MacOS sends a file to a student with Linux and the file is a mess because the Linux user's version of OOo cannot see the fonts used by the Windows or MacOS user. I am tired of the constant complaints I get about this. Students can get MS Office for $99 at the bookstore and recommending it may be better than continuing to fight an uphill battle. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
