Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Dean, all > > I think Microsoft does this on purpose. > > >"reads all current file types of major competitors." > > It may read it, but it does not always understand it. Agreed, that is why I think the emphasys should be on file _types_. The same can be said about Microsoft Office. Using

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Dean Webber
Dear all, I can read a book written in German, but I cannot understand it. AOO does not seem to understand many docx, especially those with formulae. The files I use on a day-to-day basis need to have margins adjusted to 'fit' the pages, formulaes added and generally pictures too. I think

Re: [calc] Re: AutoInput disabled at default

2020-05-24 Thread Pedro Lino
> On May 24, 2020 3:13 AM Peter Kovacs wrote: > 1) There is no way that you can confirm the entry without accepting the > autoInput. So you quickly make errors as unexperienced user. As long as you keep typing you don't need to delete anything, unless your new string is a subset of a

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 24.05.20 um 12:37 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Everyone knows that. Me too. But Peter talked about 'multiple ideas to fill the gap on OOXML'. *What are these ideas?* 1) finish OOXML implementation we have 2) use Apache POI (Is in Java) 3) Port the LO version into an extension (The extension

RE: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, > -Original Message- > From: Mechtilde [mailto:o...@mechtilde.de] > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 12:17 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > Hello, > > Am 24.05.20 um 11:52 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > > > > > >> -Original

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Matthias Seidel
+1 to Rory's suggestion. Since the discussion already went of topic, let's not forget to rephrase that sentence... ;-) Regards,    Matthias Am 24.05.20 um 09:20 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > On Sat, 23 May 2020 22:34:03 +0200 > Czesław Wolański wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Apache OpenOffice Product

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Mechtilde
Hello, Am 24.05.20 um 11:52 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] >> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 11:21 AM >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? >> >> >> Am 24.05.20 um 11:10

RE: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Czesław Wolański [mailto:czeslaw.wolan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 11:31 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > Hi, > > On the said page i.e. >

RE: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 11:21 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > > Am 24.05.20 um 11:10 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > > It's not that I think it would be good

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Rory, all > On May 24, 2020 8:20 AM Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > Best to rephrase: reads most file types of major competitors. > > I say "most" to allow for occasional inabilities to read some .docx and > perhaps others not yet developed. Since you are (and correctly so) referring to file

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Czesław Wolański
Hi, On the said page i.e. https://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html#why-apache-openoffice there is a statement: "With a fully open development process, Apache OpenOffice has nothing to hide - the product stands or falls on its reputation". To take "one step at a time" and not to lose sight

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 24.05.20 um 11:10 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: It's not that I think it would be good to use OOXML (I mean instead of ODF), it's just that users need this feature. Nobody thinks OOXML is an unimportant feature. I have not seen anyone against it. We have already multiple Ideas how to close the

RE: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 10:42 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > On Sun, 24 May 2020 10:30:58 +0200 > Jörg Schmidt wrote: > > > > -Original

RE: [calc] Re: AutoInput disabled at default

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 9:24 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [calc] Re: AutoInput disabled at default > > Am 23.05.20 um 19:01 schrieb Pedro Lino: > >> On May 23, 2020 5:43 PM Peter Kovacs

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 24 May 2020 10:30:58 +0200 Jörg Schmidt wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 9:20 AM > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > > > On Sat, 23 May 2020

RE: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 9:20 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > On Sat, 23 May 2020 22:34:03 +0200 > Czesław Wolański wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Apache

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Peter Kovacs
+1 Am 24.05.20 um 10:05 schrieb Czesław Wolański: Hi, Thank you very much for explanation and far-sighted proposal. I hope others will agree and I might finally enjoy peace of mind for... "Roma locuta, causa finita" [1]. ;‑) Kind regards, Czesław [1]

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Czesław Wolański
Hi, Thank you very much for explanation and far-sighted proposal. I hope others will agree and I might finally enjoy peace of mind for... "Roma locuta, causa finita" [1]. ;‑) Kind regards, Czesław [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roma_locuta,_causa_finita Am So., 24. Mai 2020 um 09:20

Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording?

2020-05-24 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sat, 23 May 2020 22:34:03 +0200 Czesław Wolański wrote: > Hi, > > Apache OpenOffice Product Description, section "Why Apache OpenOffice?" > > https://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html#why-apache-openoffice > > Not being a native English speaker I have some doubts about one part (2nd >