On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Elazar Leibovich <elaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't understand what exactly are you saying, but in the open university > the students were explicitly requested to use ONLY the MS word ".doc" > format. Are you asking me ? I agree with you. actually, I written my master in latex and was forced to re-write in word. > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Raz <razi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> anyone interested odt format are uploaded to site. odt ,pdf and doc. >> >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Elazar Leibovich <elaz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > And I totally forgot. >> > It's kind of funny, but in the last OS course of the Open University >> > (which >> > is of course taught using Linux), the student were forced to use ".doc" >> > format for their "theoretical" answers! >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Elazar Leibovich <elaz...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> In fact I'm having difficulties to find reviewers for my ".odt" files! >> >> I'm not aware of any public service provider nor university in Israel >> >> which accepts open document format in principle. >> >> But I'll be glad to be proven wrong. (It might be that a specific >> >> grader >> >> at your university accepts documents at ".odt" format, but in general >> >> the >> >> university does not support this format, as opposed to ".doc" format >> >> which >> >> is "officially" supported). >> >> But OpenOffice is capable of saving documents in the propriety ".doc" >> >> format, which is the de facto standard in Israel. And you can have your >> >> work >> >> reviewed that way. >> >> Another option is to print it to PDF, but it's rather clumsy, because >> >> the >> >> reviewer cannot edit directly your document. >> >> >> >> 2010/7/5 Ori Idan <o...@helicontech.co.il> >> >>> >> >>> So you decided to write in docx format and you expect people to review >> >>> your work? >> >>> I did not even looked at it because of the format. >> >>> If you write it in OpenOffice even if it does not look the best, >> >>> people >> >>> may help you. >> >>> The issue of how it looks can be fixed later. >> >>> You may even work with simple text file to begin and later on transfer >> >>> it >> >>> to a good word processor to do the formatting. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Ori Idan >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Raz <razi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Hey Nadav >> >>>> When i started i tried to work with open office in Hebrew, but i >> >>>> simply spent too much time >> >>>> trying to fix things, indentation, merging pictures and so on. >> >>>> also, how can ask for people to send me their comments ? I did not >> >>>> see >> >>>> track changes. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Nadav Har'El >> >>>> <n...@math.technion.ac.il> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> > On Mon, Jul 05, 2010, Raz wrote about "Re: linux beivrit": >> >>>> >> > Open office would have been a much better choice (or lyx, or >> >>>> >> > latex >> >>>> >> > or a few >> >>>> >> > others) >> >>>> >> I tried open format. does not look good at all. >> >>>> > >> >>>> > Hi, >> >>>> > >> >>>> > A lot of things can be said against Open Office (although I >> >>>> > personally >> >>>> > disagree with most of them), but I don't see how you can say its >> >>>> > output >> >>>> > (I assume you don't mean its UI) doesn't look good. What didn't you >> >>>> > like? >> >>>> > The fonts? The default style or layout? Or what? >> >>>> > >> >>>> > In my experience, you can create beautiful documents in Open >> >>>> > Office, >> >>>> > and it's >> >>>> > not harder to do so than with with Microsoft Office, so I wonder >> >>>> > whater >> >>>> > problems you are referring to. >> >>>> > >> >>>> > Anyway, it's probably too late now for this document (converting >> >>>> > formats >> >>>> > is a harder issue), but it's something to think about for your next >> >>>> > document :-) >> >>>> > >> >>>> > -- >> >>>> > Nadav Har'El | Monday, Jul 5 2010, 23 >> >>>> > Tammuz 5770 >> >>>> > n...@math.technion.ac.il >> >>>> > |----------------------------------------- >> >>>> > Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |Boat: A hole in the water >> >>>> > surrounded by >> >>>> > http://nadav.harel.org.il |wood into which one pours >> >>>> > money. >> >>>> > >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Linux-il mailing list >> >>>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> >>>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Linux-il mailing list >> >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > >
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