[discuss] Australian Computer Choice Recommends OpenOffice.

2005-09-12 Thread Anthony I. Scott
In the most recent edition of Computer Choice, a magazine which looks after the interests of consumers in Australia, recommended OpenOffice 1.1 as its preferred Office Suite. Regards, Tony Scott. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --- avast!

Re: [discuss] Re: OpenOffice Math

2005-09-12 Thread Thomas Lange
Hi all, 2. You can type them directly into an equation as in LaTex, except start with % sign instead of \ like %alpha, %beta, etc. And for the uppercase characters you have to use %ALPHA etc. See also the dialog Tools/Catalog they are all listed there. BTW: the names are localized. That is

Re: [discuss] Multiple Versions of Documents

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Mathias Bauer wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I think the confusion is with the term, copy. I appreciate that the converter is implemented via the Save as function, and that is where the problem lies, but when converting a document to a new file format I would expect to convert the complete

Re: [discuss] Office Writer

2005-09-12 Thread Alexandro
On 9/12/05, Jonathon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amy wrote: it does not recognize numerals in the spell check. User configurable option. It also does not detect repeated words, punctuation marks The grammar checker usually picks that up. or extra spaces. User configurable

[discuss] new product project recomendations

2005-09-12 Thread Mike Hambrecht
I would like to recommend these as future projects. Things that might make you suite even more appealing and able to beat Microsoft. A diagramming software like, and compatible with, Visio. A Gant Chart program like, and compatible with, Microsoft Project. A full personal management product

[discuss] Release the file!

2005-09-12 Thread sandor Fule (PART-ner Hungaria Ltd.)
Hi, it is so complicated to send a standard bug report! My pain is: OpenOffice.org won't release the file after editing. It is not possible to rename or delete the file until I exit the quickstarter. Sandor Fule - To

Re: [discuss] new product project recomendations

2005-09-12 Thread Alexandro
What about a company compatible with Microsoft :D Seriously, I think you are missing the point here, if we dedicate our life to create clones compatible with microsoft we will always be playing catchup every weekend steve balmer decide to change the file format. Our point is liberating the

Re: [discuss] new product project recomendations

2005-09-12 Thread Alexandro
On 9/12/05, Mike Hambrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A diagramming software like, and compatible with, Visio. Tou got Kivio, DIA, and others. (they are based on open standards such as XML) A Gant Chart program like, and compatible with, Microsoft Project. Check Planner or Gantt Project.

RE: [discuss] new product project recomendations

2005-09-12 Thread Justin Fitzgibbon
Try Dia (http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/) for diagrams, and Planner (http://developer.imendio.com/wiki/Planner) for projects. Thunderbird makes a decent replacement for outlook but keep an eye on Evolution for win32 (http://evolution-win32.sourceforge.net) None of the above are MS compatable