The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micro$oft go bankrupt?

[Ashley Benton]

2009/5/12 Franz Waldmüller <waldbauernbub at gmx.at>

> Ashley Benton schrieb:
> > 2009/5/12 Franz Waldmüller <waldbauernbub at gmx.at>
> >> Give your sons a flashdrive with openoffice portable installed.
> >> http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
> >
> > That's a good idea, now he uses the flash drive to bring the saved
> document.
> > I will check it out and try with Windows to make sure that he knows how
> to
> > make it work (In case they are using Mac at school does it work the same
> way
> > than with Windows?)
>
> On a MAC-Operating System Wine has to be installed.
>
> If you want to ensure that the created files are displayed on every
> operating system the same way make sure that only openoffice fonts are
> used. This problem is independent from the linux windows discussion: The
> fonts are not, unlike to a pdf document, saved in the file. When the
> document is opened but the used font not installed the application will
> use the most similar font.
> This can happen between two windows-PCs as well. Use the font installed
> by e.g. a printer software and open it on a PC where the font is not
> installed.
>
> Unfourtunately I don't know how to use especially free/openoffice fonts.
> I would like to restrict myself to these.
> --> users at openoffice.org
>
> For presentations I recommend PDFs. If you don't use fancy animations
> you are better off with PDF.
>
> Franz
>
> Yes he does use animations and apparently they are using Windows (mom we're
using Dell) finally Dell looks like XP. You were right he did drag the
pictures so I am guessing when he will change computer he will loose the
pictures again. I'll show him how to do it when he will be done with his
other homeworks. I will also check the fonts that were used.

Thanks

Meg


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