On Thu, 28 May 2020 13:08:47 +0200 Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote:
> Hi Dave, all, > > Am 27.05.20 um 16:26 schrieb Dave Fisher: > > > >> On May 27, 2020, at 7:18 AM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Pedro; > >> Comments in-line > >> > >> On 5/26/2020 5:18 PM, Pedro Lino wrote: > >>>> Plus your your phrasing > >>>> leaves it wide open for people to complain about PDF files same as they > >>>> already do. > >>> PDF is not an editable format and it is not from any of the "major > >>> competitor" suites. In any case you can open PDF files in OpenOffice. > >>> Just install the PDF Import extension. > >>> > >> Yes PDF is an editable format, you just need to have a PDF editor. The > >> fact is that user@ is full of people complaining that AOO will not open > >> there PDF files. > > Yes, PDF can be edited. On Forum,when I mention the PDF editing extension, I try always to say that it is suitable for minor, "cosmetic", edits, not for major restructuring of a PDF document. Rory > > > >>>> As we no longer open Word Perfect files then Your > >>>> phraseology is no longer correct either. > >>> I'm almost sure WordPerfect is no longer a "major competitor"... > >>> Unfortunately I can't find any usage statistics for any office suite to > >>> check who are in fact the "major" and if they use any proprietary file > >>> types other than Microsoft's... > >>> > >> Whether they are a "major competitor" or not is irrelevant, there 2020 > >> office suite is a competitor and we do not open any of there file > >> formats for word processing, spreadsheet, or presentation. > > These “Why OpenOffice” sections were written in Sun and Oracle times and > > simply ported. Competitors is not the correct term for other myriad > > document formats. We don’t have a large company funding our efforts to > > “compete”. > > > > A more major effort to rewrite this part of the website makes sense to me. > > I don’t how much time I have for that effort, but … > > Yes, this part of the webpage should really be rewritten. > But looking at how long it took us to discuss only a fraction of a > sentence that will take take a loooong time. > > That said, I step back from doing anything in this specific matter. > If someone wants to change that little part of a sentence, please go ahead! > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > > >> Regards > >> Keith > >> > >>> Regards, > >>> Pedro > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
