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....<br> <div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Dick Dowdell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dick.dowdell@gmail.com" target="_blank">dick.dowdell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html</a><div> <div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Jose I Diaz Bardales <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jose.dbardales@gmail.com" target="_blank">jose.dbardales@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 11/10/2012 07:06 PM, William Scott Lockwood III wrote:<br> > On Nov 10, 2012 5:56 PM, "Kevin O'Gorman" <<a href="mailto:kogorman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kogorman@gmail.com</a><br> </div><div><div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kogorman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kogorman@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> After a long time away, I find myself coming back to a word<br> > processor. I'm about to write for publication, and they prefer a<br> > word-compatible format. I used to use OpenOffice a bit, and don't<br> > remember having any trouble with it. Now the repos seem to only have<br> > LibreOffice -- the things named after OpenOffice seem to be all<br> > transitional packages, not really OpenOffice at all.<br> >><br> >> I've been at this a day, and I've already filed 3 bugs. This does not<br> > seem good. Before I spend the effort to switch over to see if things<br> > really *are* better over there, would someone please comment about the<br> > pros/cons of downloading and using OpenOffice on xubuntu/ubuntu?<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Kevin O'Gorman<br> >><br> >> programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.<br> ><br> > OO.o is still maintained? I thought the dev community all went to LO. LO<br> > is what I use for the simple reason that it is actively maintained, and<br> > in the repo's. I believe it was forked from OO.o as well. I think there<br> > were shennanigans involving Oracle or someone, but I can't remember the<br> > exact details. Anyway, LO produces word docs just fine. Do it all the<br> > time at work for people who won't use free software.<br> <br> </div></div>I believe OpenOffice in now develop by the Apache Foundation and the<br> last thing I heard they were working on a OO version for the cloud.<br> <br> Anyways, You should be able to open, edit, and save all your documents<br> as *.doc or *.docx<br> <br> IMHO LibreOffice does have some minor bugs, but you should be able to<br> work on your documents unless you have some very special requirements.<br> <br> HTH<br> <span><font color="#888888"><br> <br> <br> <br> --<br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Regards,<div>Dick Dowdell<div>Home: <a href="tel:508-528-4018" value="+15085284018" target="_blank">508-528-4018</a> Mobile: <a href="tel:508-498-7919" value="+15084987919" target="_blank">508-498-7919</a></div> </div><br> </font></span></div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kevin O'Gorman<br><br>programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.<br> </div>