On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 10:19 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > I'm not too sure about using OO.o dialogues in documentation: it is, I > > would think, very unlikely that the average Windows user would make the > > change and this could prove confusing to them. The average Linux user is > > a lot less average and could cope with the Windows dialogues. Just a > > thought, although I've just switched to the OO.o format for preference. > > If someone is capturing screens on Linux or any non-Windows > operating system, they are not going to be capturing Windows' > open and close dialogs anyway. But they might capture a dialog > that is more specific to whatever o/s they are using (I don't > know how much variation there is). Better to use the OOo dialogs > so at least they are consistent (even if unfamiliar to part of > the audience). Sorry, I didn't make that point in my earlier note. > > Cheers, Jean
Jean you forgot to mention the other reason. That being Microsoft may try enforcing its copyright on screenshots we need for our docs. (See the [email protected] archives and look for Subject "Question about the right for using Screenshots of OOo on Microsoft Windows") So the next question was "How does one avoid this problem?" Hence the suggestions. -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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