Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread narendra sisodiya
No reply?? Was there any wrong in mail ? I am unable to guess !! 2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] rule 1 : we will talk about Excel and Calc. rule 2 : we will not talk about moral ,ethical , other issue in adapting Open tools. this mail is meant to deal with practical issue

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह)
Narendra, 2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * Your experience in both tool. ? I have opened many XSL files in OO.o in past. It has worked in most part. If the the sheet does not have many external links and too much Excel specific formulas you should be OK. * Any comparison

[ilugd] [Commercial - somewhat] Re: M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)
narendra sisodiya wrote: * do we have expert or consultancy which can help/service in migration process. ? Rajesh (cc: ed) does that professionally. -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Mehul Ved
2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * Your experience in both tool. ? I am not well versed in either of the two but I had an opportunity similar to yours. I am including my replies below on those points which I have got experienced. * is feature wise OOo calc is not better then

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have found Gnumeric to be a better substitute for Excel. manoj -- Take a lesson from the whale; the only time he gets speared is when he raises to spout. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Chirag Anand
HP seem to do a fairly good series these days, dont look at their very-low end line up though. The good thing about HP is that all their laptops have options for pretty much any sort of attachment you might want or addons etc - and they dont mind third party bits in their laptops ( my hp

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
Chirag Anand wrote: What will happen to my warranty if in case i buy extra memory/space/battery from external vendors? you should speak with your Vendor about that before you buy it. The HP reseller I got my laptop from didnt have any problems, so the 3 yr warranty stayed in place, even

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Goldwyn Rodrigues
2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip * do we have expert or consultancy which can help/service in migration process. ? Novell supports openoffice on windows: http://www.novell.com/products/openofficewindows/ -- Goldwyn ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Chirag Anand
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Chirag Anand wrote: What will happen to my warranty if in case i buy extra memory/space/battery from external vendors? you should speak with your Vendor about that before you buy it. The HP reseller I got my laptop

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Mani A
narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Your experience in both tool. ? I have used OO and Gnumeric on many excel files (all versions). Gnumeric was faster and better. * will a Excel user face any problem in migration.? No not really. For spreadsheet addicts, OO3 is more capable than

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the crucial website, the prices are more than what we get in nehru place in delhi. And they dont have India in their shipping countires list?? thats ok, since I am in the UK and they ship to the UK :D Then workout how well the laptops are built and how long the

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread narendra sisodiya
Thanks a lot, for all suggestions. I will forward these experience. Also i need to ask one most imp question. Do we have any Excel to open format converter ? I mean to say 100 % conversion without any loss of information, I do not care if way of writing formulas change in conversion. only concern

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: rule 1 : we will talk about Excel and Calc. rule 2 : we will not talk about moral ,ethical , other issue in adapting Open tools. this mail is meant to deal with practical issue related in migration process. I have done a good debate in my

Re: [ilugd] Upgrading to Ubuntu Intrepid

2008-11-25 Thread Sahil Dave
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Kartik Singhal [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Sahil Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi.. i have got a cd of ubuntu intrepid with me, and have ubuntu hardy installed. Can i upgrade to Intrepid without the need for a fresh install

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Arun Khan
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2008, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: 2008/11/25 narendra sisodiya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: rule 1 : we will talk about Excel and Calc. rule 2 : we will not talk about moral ,ethical , other issue in adapting Open tools. this mail is meant to deal with practical issue related in

Re: [ilugd] M$ Excel to Open Office Calc Migration

2008-11-25 Thread Vikas Rawal
One major feedback from excel users who tried calc is that calc does not have pivot tables. I have not tried OO3 yet. Probably, it is supported in it. Pivot tables have been there for some time. I have used them on OO2 and on OO3. Vikas ___

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2008, Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the saber notebooks...found them a bit expensive. I also want to buy a notebook, my price range is not that high. I want to keep it around 45K (preferably below). And of course with Linux/Free DOS, dont wanna waste bucks on windows. Though

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-25 Thread Nalin Savara
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 Nov 2008, Chirag Anand wrote: Just saw the saber notebooks...found them a bit expensive. I also want to buy a notebook, my price range is not that high. I want to keep it around 45K (preferably below). And