Where to, LibreOffice?

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2012/11/11 Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com>:
> My problems with LO relate to the RTF format, which is not working well for
> me.  So far, it's changed the page bottom-margin by several inches, and lost
> a table width.  I guess I'll struggle along....


The RTF format has been a mess for many years (the format itself, not
only the way LibreOffice/Apache Open Office handles it). Just don't
use it.


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ


>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Dick Dowdell <dick.dowdell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Jose I Diaz Bardales
>> <jose.dbardales at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/10/2012 07:06 PM, William Scott Lockwood III wrote:
>>> > On Nov 10, 2012 5:56 PM, "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:kogorman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> After a long time away, I find myself coming back to a word
>>> > processor.  I'm about to write for publication, and they prefer a
>>> > word-compatible format.  I used to use OpenOffice a bit, and don't
>>> > remember having any trouble with it.  Now the repos seem to only have
>>> > LibreOffice -- the things named after OpenOffice seem to be all
>>> > transitional packages, not really OpenOffice at all.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've been at this a day, and I've already filed 3 bugs.  This does not
>>> > seem good.  Before I spend the effort to switch over to see if things
>>> > really *are* better over there, would someone please comment about the
>>> > pros/cons of downloading and using OpenOffice on xubuntu/ubuntu?
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Kevin O'Gorman
>>> >>
>>> >> programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.
>>> >
>>> > OO.o is still maintained? I thought the dev community all went to LO.
>>> > LO
>>> > is what I use for the simple reason that it is actively maintained, and
>>> > in the repo's. I believe it was forked from OO.o as well. I think there
>>> > were shennanigans involving Oracle or someone, but I can't remember the
>>> > exact details. Anyway, LO produces word docs just fine. Do it all the
>>> > time at work for people who won't use free software.
>>>
>>> I believe OpenOffice in now develop by the Apache Foundation and the
>>> last thing I heard they were working on a OO version for the cloud.
>>>
>>> Anyways, You should be able to open, edit, and save all your documents
>>> as *.doc or *.docx
>>>
>>> IMHO LibreOffice does have some minor bugs, but you should be able to
>>> work on your documents unless you have some very special requirements.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ubuntu-users mailing list
>>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Dick Dowdell
>> Home: 508-528-4018  Mobile: 508-498-7919
>>
>>
>> --
>> ubuntu-users mailing list
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman
>
> programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>