Re: [discuss] FREE?

2005-08-23 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hello Dion, I work in a Chinese school as computer administrator and I want to help our management in how to reduce the expenses in buying Microsoft Office. You came to the right place. :-) I'm just curios about the license of Open Office before I go to anywhere else. I like to ask is... i

Re: [discuss] FREE?

2005-08-23 Thread Alexandro
Yes we are, I am very interesting in your experience since my roomate (chineese) has had some issues with the kanji converstions from OOo to MSO. I also wonder about the engine to render the kanji since some seems to be lower than the rest. This are issues we don't get in this list at least. :)

Re: [discuss] FREE?

2005-08-23 Thread Graham Lauder
dioniecar lovino wrote: Hi, I work in a Chinese school as computer administrator and I want to help our management in how to reduce the expenses in buying Microsoft Office. I'm just curios about the license of Open Office before I go to anywhere else. I like to ask is... is the Open Office

Re: [discuss] FREE?

2005-08-24 Thread Wesley Parish
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:51, Alexandro wrote: > Yes we are, I am very interesting in your experience since my roomate > (chineese) has had some issues with the kanji converstions from OOo to MSO. Don't you mean Japanese? Kanji is Japanese; the Chinese writing system's what kanji's based on, but it

RE: [discuss] Free Techie Books site

2005-02-27 Thread Sigmascape1
Very cool! Thanks! Mitch www.sigmascape.com Kevin Cullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Since I've identified what I'm doing, OO people might want to be aware >of this site I found: > >http://www.freetechbooks.com/ > >Kevin > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Ant

[discuss] Kanji issues (Re: [discuss] FREE?)

2005-08-25 Thread NAKATA Maho
In Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello I'm japanese I'm using Kanji everyday :) > Yes we are, I am very interesting in your experience since my roomate > (chineese) has had some issues with the kanji converstions from OOo to MSO. Has your room mate still

Re: [discuss] Free OOo training videos

2005-11-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:34:42 -, Christian Einfeldtextra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I haven't seen a post yet to this email list about this OOo training videothat Roblimo Miller has made available, but t

Re: [discuss] Free OOo training videos

2005-11-25 Thread Takamichi Akiyama
Alexandro Colorado wrote: Generating Video tutorials are easy for Linux users and I guess we can also host new array of video tutorials for linux thanks to wink. Wink is a free screem capture application that will run on linux, windows and you can generate the flash output necesary. The only do

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Lars D . Noodén
It's an interesting idea, but I only see a link to a Windows version. If you can point to a binary for linux or OS X, then I'd take a look. I notice Works is not on the list of formats, nor is WordPerfect. Did you use GTK+ or Qt to make the viewer? -Lars Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Lars D. Noodén schrieb: It's an interesting idea, but I only see a link to a Windows version. If you can point to a binary for linux or OS X, then I'd take a look. I notice Works is not on the list of formats, nor is WordPerfect. Did you use GTK+ or Qt to make the viewer? -Lars A version f

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Pavel Janík
From: "Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:21:21 +0200 > TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The > viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. And can it be also freely modified? Can it be distributed when

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Pavel Janík schrieb: From: "Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:21:21 +0200 > TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The > viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. And can it be also freely modified? Can i

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word (.doc) and RTF (.rtf) format: http://www.officeviewers.co

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-12 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Can it be seamlessly integrated into FireFox/IE browsers or as a plugin. You can associate .doc or .odt files with it. When you click on such a link, TextMaker Viewer will start and load the file -- in a separate window, however. Best, -mk --

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Can it be seamlessly integrated into FireFox/IE browsers or as a plugin. You can associate .doc or .odt files with it. When you click on such a link, TextMaker Viewer will start and load the file -- in a separate window, however.

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is this program supposed to view only text? I have tried it with OpenOffice.org compound document and it fails to display graphics. Is there a work around? Udub It is for OpenDocument Text, not Calc or Impress. If you have an .odt file that doesn't display correct

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
Hi. On 12/07/2006, at 14:21, Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Word (.doc) and RTF (.rtf) form

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-14 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Shoshannah Forbes schrieb: As I don't have Windows here (only OSX and Linux) I can't test this myself, so I have to ask- does this viewer support bidirectional text like Hebrew and Arabic? No RTL yet, so currently Hebrew and Arabic cannot be shown correctly. It's on our to-do list, though.

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-18 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Martin, Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: > Just a quick note that we have released a free document viewer that lets > users open, view, and print documents in OpenDocument (.odt), > OpenOffice.org/StarOffice (.sxw), TextMaker (.tmd), Microsoft Wor

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
André Wyrwa wrote: Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: TextMaker Viewer is based on the technology of TextMaker 2006. The viewer is a free download and can be freely distributed. I am very interested in your feedback. ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that No, he is not wor

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
André Wyrwa schrieb: ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that "OpenOffice slow, bloated? Abiword missing all the nice features?" text adverts on "Openoffice" google searches? Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org.

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. > Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 > criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are you denying that your ads are

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
André Wyrwa schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Chad Smith
Hi André, On 7/19/06, André Wyrwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, wanna play stupid? Ok, let's play then. What is the benefit for you to present that viewer on a separate domain, rather than a subpage of your already existing softmaker domain? And what is the benefit of choosing "officeviewer

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker)
Chad Smith schrieb: But hey, let's just swing our axes some more and see who takes the longest to fall over dead. :-) Reminds of the old Monty Python skit about Arthur and the Black Knight... After complete dismemberment of all body parts, it ends with "All right, we'll call it a draw"...

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: André Wyrwa schrieb: Well, this list is about OpenOffice.org. Yes. And OpenDocument is also on-topic here. Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html "This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open Source

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Chad Smith
On 7/19/06, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html "This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open Source." So I would say promotion of an closed source ODF reader could be very well considered offtopi

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
Chad Smith wrote: On 7/19/06, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Read the description of the list: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html "This list is intended for discussions on OpenOffice.org and Open Source." So I would say promotion of an closed source ODF reader could be very we

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, > Sees people rushing for the battlefield swinging their axes. ;-) > Was it a dodgy move for Microsoft to register microsoftoffice.com? I mean, > they already own one domain name - and office.microsoft.com is the same > page > as microsoftoffic

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-19 Thread Cor Nouws
André Wyrwa wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Martin. Yes. And I still stand by it. If you are earnest, this is the number 1 criticism of OpenOffice.org. And you surely proved your friendly intentions by beating on it in your ads. I'm just wondering...are you denyi

Re: [discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft Word, and RTF

2006-07-20 Thread Chad Smith
On 7/19/06, André Wyrwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But "microsoftoffice.com" is not "officesuites.com". That's the difference that makes it dodgy to me. I still don't see the difference, but you can see things as dodgy that you want to see as dodgy, as you said. So it's generic. So what?