Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
On 11/12/2013 11:08 PM, June Newman wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. A presentation created in LibreOffice will work on any other computer, Mac, Windows or Linux, with LibreOffice. It might also work with recent versions of MS Office. You can also get portable versions of LibreOffice which can be installed on the flash drive for use with Windows computers that don't have it installed. http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Yes. It is also good to keep an original in native LibreOffice format as almost all other office suites and programs use the same format natively. Even MS office can sometimes read it fairly well nowadays. However, as Joel said it is good to use File - Save As ... to save in the older Microsoft format to view on other machines. I think it's listed as PowerPoint 98/2000/Xp, something like that. This is also true if you were using Microsoft Office. Their native format (.pptX) doesn't work as reliably on other versions of their own program. The older format (.ppt) seems to be able to be read most widely by the largest variety of machines and programs. You can edit Microsoft formats with Libreoffice but they tend to add funny bits of unnecessary coding so it's better to edit your original .Odp file and then only use the Save As option when you really need to use the file on another machine. One of these days people will stop relying on the variable and inconsistent MS formats that changes with each release of their products and move to something more reliable that is developed and agreed by a committee of software producers rather than by a single profit-making organisation. Until then we just have to muddle along. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2013 04:12, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: On 11/12/2013 08:08 PM, June Newman wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Thanks! Yes - but make sure to save it in a format that a) you can verify formatting works and b) will work on whatever Windows machine you have to put it on. If the Windows machine only has powerpoint (ie. no LibreOffice), save the file as a ppt, and make sure to check it before using it on a Windows machine to ensure that formatting looks right. Try to check it on a machine that has the same version of Microsoft Office. If you save as the default odp (the open standard which LibreOffice uses by default) there is a good chance you'll get errors if the Windows machine only has Microsoft Office. Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
On 13/11/2013, June Newman j...@binmail.net wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Alternatively, create the original presentation in native odp format, then export to pdf. You can then use a pdf viewer (e.g. acrobat, sumatrapdf) in presentation mode on any computer with the pdf viewer installed. P.S. remember to keep the presentation simple; people are attending to see you, not _yet another_ presentation of gratuitous dynamic graphics, comic sans type child text and other rubbish! -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
Hello, This is exactly what I ended up doing. Not for the same reasons. I made my presentatino on my Mac OS X 10.6 in LO. I have a Windows laptop. Regardless what you do, there is always a little shift in text, images, etc... I saved as PDF and gave the presentation that way:) I tried different PDF viewers, but Adobe Reader worked perfect for me to give my slide show. Joe On 11-13-13 9:40 AM, e-letter wrote: On 13/11/2013, June Newman j...@binmail.net wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Alternatively, create the original presentation in native odp format, then export to pdf. You can then use a pdf viewer (e.g. acrobat, sumatrapdf) in presentation mode on any computer with the pdf viewer installed. P.S. remember to keep the presentation simple; people are attending to see you, not _yet another_ presentation of gratuitous dynamic graphics, comic sans type child text and other rubbish! -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
June, it's not necessary to cc to anyone. If you send to the list, we will see your message. On 11/13/2013 08:53 AM, June Newman wrote: -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
Hi :) If it is going to be on your own machine/laptop/whatever then the best bet is to install LibreOffice and stick to native format. In this case that is Odp (the usual default unless you have carefully changed it) It's good to have 'back-up' copies in other formats just in case the venue does something weird and unlikely such as not allowing you to use your ownm machine (i've never heard of this happening as they would rather you risked damage to your machine rather than get their own one out) or in case your machine doesn't work for some weird reason. So if you take back-up copies best to have them on usb-stick or Cd or something. I know it is a bit paranoid to have such back-ups but i recently saw a presentation given by someone whose laptop had died on the way to the venue. Actually people commented that they preferred the way he directly engaged with the audience as they had grown weary of the usual PowerPoint type presentation. At another gig they just showed their photos outside of any kind of presentation software and the results were much more crisp and high-def. One advantage that LibreOffice Impress has is that you can supposedly use an Android phone/tablet as the 2nd screen and as the remote for flicking to the next slide. I'm guessing that depends on the laptop being able to receive wireless signals of some kind. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2013 14:57, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: June, it's not necessary to cc to anyone. If you send to the list, we will see your message. On 11/13/2013 08:53 AM, June Newman wrote: -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
Hi :) Yes. It is also good to keep an original in native LibreOffice format as almost all other office suites and programs use the same format natively. Even MS office can sometimes read it fairly well nowadays. However, as Joel said it is good to use File - Save As ... to save in the older Microsoft format to view on other machines. I think it's listed as PowerPoint 98/2000/Xp, something like that. This is also true if you were using Microsoft Office. Their native format (.pptX) doesn't work as reliably on other versions of their own program. The older format (.ppt) seems to be able to be read most widely by the largest variety of machines and programs. You can edit Microsoft formats with Libreoffice but they tend to add funny bits of unnecessary coding so it's better to edit your original .Odp file and then only use the Save As option when you really need to use the file on another machine. One of these days people will stop relying on the variable and inconsistent MS formats that changes with each release of their products and move to something more reliable that is developed and agreed by a committee of software producers rather than by a single profit-making organisation. Until then we just have to muddle along. Regards from Tom :) On 13 November 2013 04:12, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: On 11/12/2013 08:08 PM, June Newman wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Thanks! Yes - but make sure to save it in a format that a) you can verify formatting works and b) will work on whatever Windows machine you have to put it on. If the Windows machine only has powerpoint (ie. no LibreOffice), save the file as a ppt, and make sure to check it before using it on a Windows machine to ensure that formatting looks right. Try to check it on a machine that has the same version of Microsoft Office. If you save as the default odp (the open standard which LibreOffice uses by default) there is a good chance you'll get errors if the Windows machine only has Microsoft Office. Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] presentation question
I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] presentation question
On 11/12/2013 08:08 PM, June Newman wrote: I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, and need to use a windows laptop. Thanks! Yes - but make sure to save it in a format that a) you can verify formatting works and b) will work on whatever Windows machine you have to put it on. If the Windows machine only has powerpoint (ie. no LibreOffice), save the file as a ppt, and make sure to check it before using it on a Windows machine to ensure that formatting looks right. Try to check it on a machine that has the same version of Microsoft Office. If you save as the default odp (the open standard which LibreOffice uses by default) there is a good chance you'll get errors if the Windows machine only has Microsoft Office. Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] presentation - question
Hello, I have been using the presentation aspect of the Libre Office For the most part, simple to use. I seem to have lost a display tool that allows me to see the slides. They appear in a long vertical column on the left hand side of the window. How do I get this back? I am using v4.x. Mac 10.6 Thanks for any hints. I have looked for 3-4 weeks, no success. I am now asking for help:) Joseph -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
