(top-posting continued to avoid further mess. No snip, to show the mess that easily results from mixing.)
As well as not quoting others' text as your own, I would suggest you learm to snip appropriately, and not to top-post when that will thoroughly mess up the sequence of contributions. Seeing what others do in any forum and following the best examples is always a good idea. Please. (To the list at large, /please/ let's not start the big-endian/little- endian argument again. This is purely about being consistent and sensible. Ta!) On 29 Jun 2008 at 14:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What you say makes sense. However, ooo automatically changed the font > from 14 point to 10 point and then behaved as if I had made a change when > I restored it. In fact, I had made a change in restoring it, but that > change was just to undo the change made by oo Writer. Also, the language > in the options was disconcerting. > > I believe word behaves the same way. It is hard to set defaults. The fact > that word behaves the same way does not mean it's ok. In fact, it likely > means that it should be changed. > > Sandy > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:52:25 +0100 "mike scott" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 28 Jun 2008 at 22:05, Richard Detwiler wrote: > > .... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Here are some problems with Open Office: > > ... > > > > I finally pushed "Discard" and was able to start the program. > > Experiments > > > > with a sample document showed the following: the document, which > > had been > > > > saved in Word with a 14 point font, opened in Open Office Writer > > with a > > > > 10 point font. When I restored it to the original 14 point font, > > Open > > > > Office Writer saw that as a modification of the document. > > > > > > > > > > Well, when you change the font from 10 point to 14 point, that IS > > a > > > modification of the document, isn't it? So of course, it's going > > to ask > > > you if you want to save the change. > > > > > > > This episode indicates to me that Open Office Writer is > > altogether > > > > unacceptable as an alternative to Word. > > > > To put that the other way round, it looks to me that you are > > implying > > that under Word, you can change something like font size, close > > without saving, receive no warning, and lose the pretty formatting > > you've just spent the morning on. > > > > That would to me be altogether unacceptable as an alternative to the > > > > way OOo safeguards one's work. I hope even MS would not publish such > > > > a latent disaster area. > > > > You seem to have a number of issues apparently more related to your > > own understanding of standard ways of doing things, rather than real > > > > shortcomings in OOo itself. Which, incidentally, would seem to > > include some elementary manners - when quoting verbatim significant > > parts of someone else's contribution, most people would at the very > > least indicate that they are quoting and that it is not their own > > work. > > > > -- > > Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in > > connection > > with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. > > http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because > > of spam > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Lower rates for Veterans. Click for VA loan information. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3mWHjJ5VkW116Uo2IYR9LxOzoassHjDwzGbas5utFRqNg4/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
