[discuss] Plans to improve WordArt support?

2007-01-17 Thread Miles Lane
Hello, One problem I have with Openoffice.org Writer is the inability to edit WordArt generated in Word 2003. Of course, I suspect that this is due to Microsoft's lack of file format documentation. Nonetheless, it would be fantastic if we could do the needed reverse engineering to get this work

Re: [discuss] Publisher equivalent?

2007-01-20 Thread Miles Lane
I just tried Printmaster 16 for the first time. A friend of mine is a very enthusiastic user of this program. Anyone else here tried this program? Personally, what I am really interested in seeing is complete support for MS Word's WordArt. I find I am unable to edit WordArt with Writer.

Re: [discuss] FYI: ODF plugin for MSOffice

2007-01-24 Thread Miles Lane
On 1/24/07, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > On Monday, Sam Hiser wrote two entries in the OpenDocument Foundation's > blog. --Jean > > Running on ODF Inside of MS Office > http://fussnotes.typepad.com/fr0mat/2007/01/running_on_odf_.html > > > ODF as the Perfect

[discuss] Suggestions for OpenOffice.org -- Add a real WordArt component?

2007-03-09 Thread Miles Lane
Hi, First off, let me assure you that I love OpenOffice.org. I use it often and long for it to make huge inroads in gaining users. I am working with an organization that is creating a lot of charts that using lots of WordArt, AutoShapes, and textboxes. We find that many irregularities show up