To "Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: special symbols: look at the two .png files I have attached to this email. microsoft has a field "recently used", which is so extremely clever, that i am deeply impressed :)
if there is anybody able to let developers know about it, please do it, I have not yet explored how to do it ----- PŮVODNÍ ZPRÁVA ----- Od: "Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Komu: [email protected] Předmět: Re: [discuss] Lack of OOo feature forces writer to move to Datum: 7.8.2006 - 14:21:07 > Ian Lynch wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 10:11 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > >> yes, professionals simply have to use microsoft, > >> because oo lack some > >> >> important features: > >> saving only changes, not the whole document everytime > >> again (10 MB .doc > >> >> can be save within 1 s, in oo definitely not) > >> faster special symbol handling > >> faster starting > > > > I am a professional in the UK using Writer and Draw > > for commercial > > > purpose. I doubt the speed of saving, although nice > > to have, is critical > > > may i also suggest trying to save the document in odf > (odt) ? > first, if you are working on a particular document, > it really is better > to do so in native format. second, that would decrease > file size and > might improve speed. then, you would have to use .doc > only when > exporting (though check that your recipient really > can not recieve odf ;) ). > > second, if the document is really large, maybe you > can use master > document. there is a pretty decent documentation about > this feature, and > i have heard that this feature actually works in oo.org, > unlike in msword ;) > > btw, what's wrong with special symbols ? (unfortunately > i missed the > original mail) > > > in the same sense that collobrative tools are. Critical > > features are > > > things that really make a significant difference > > and I can't see having > > > to wait a few seconds extra on opening and saving > > documents will fall > > > into that category unless you have documents of thousands > > of pages and I > > > would be a little worried about the reliability of > > MS Word with > > > documents that long (probably better to break them > > up into smaller more > > > manageable files in any case). I'm currently working > > on an 82 page > > > document in Writer for a professional purpose and > > I just saved my latest > > > update in under 3 seconds - hardly time to pause > > to think. The fact that > > > I can directly export it to PDF more than outweighs > > any inconvenience > > > there. The fact that the format is open is another > > thing to trade off > > > against speed and to me any professional tying up > > their work in a > > > proprietary undocumented format is taking an unnecessary > > risk. Since > > > Writer has been running for several days now with > > this document open, I > > > haven't noticed any problems with load speeds. If > > I do shut the entire > > > machine down, getting to the Ubuntu Linux desktop > > and Opening Writer and > > > the document is significantly faster than starting > > up Windows on the > > > other machine on my desk that has a faster processor. > > I should think the > > > variations in log in speeds to networks make the > > speed of opening writer > > > documents relatively insignificant when you look > > at the whole thing in > > > context and when you have the software up and running > > it really doesn't > > > matter. > > > > So yes improve speed and improve collaborative tools > > but if it comes as > > > a trade off between current speed and open standards > > I'll stick with > > > open standards, thanks. > > > > Ian > -- > Rich > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Lifestylový magazín pro ženy – vše o módě, kosmetice, trendech a účesech. http://im.impact.as/sign/mp-chocolate/
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