Has anybody contacted Avery, and what was their response?
I think we need to offer easy-to-access industry standards. MSO is an
industry standard. So is Avery. However, the way we offer them can be
different, depending on the amount of support we get. The Avery Wizard
in MSO is available by clicking on an Avery icon on their toolbar. OO
has no Wizard and it's not abundantly clear how to do their labels the
first time you try it. If Avery developed a Wizard and templates for
OO, we could offer an Avery icon on Writer's toolbar, too. Seems like
that would be good for Avery, too. I think promotion of OO on their
website might be too much to hope for currently, but possible later on.
Start with baby steps.
Nancy Scanlan, DVM, MSFP
Growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
> > G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> >
<snip>
> We are supporting even MSO file formats :)
He,he. Sometimes I think this is a mistake and sometimes not :-) Depends
on my usage. Seems to be something we need so lets keep it.
> Why? MS has supported us somehow?
No, of course not. OOo has to have these to be the least relevant. That
is not so much true of labels, though. Hence the question.
> I think we are working for users needs and this sets some 'must have'
> conditions.
> We just cannot exist without users base, just for ourselves [developers].
>
Of course not. So letÅ look at what Avery provides MS:
1. A wizard
2. templates
3. website support of MS to the exclusion of other office suites
and the reverse is true. Seems monopolistic to me.
So lets take another approach to the discussion.
1. OOo needs to get funding,
2. Avery, for one is getting a free ride,
3. how to get (1) from (2) without rocking the boat too much.
By the way, I opened this on the doc project to get ideas and opinions
on this idea before attempting to enlist a larger audience. I certainly
appreciate the time everyone has taken to try to bring to the
discussion.
WRT, the German label providers that have added to our repertoire, I
think that it would be a good thing to give them some better presence in
OOo than simply depending on an alphabetic sort. After all they have
contributed and in that way sponsored the project. Likewise for other
sponsors including Sun.
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G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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