Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
We need to have an auto-save function where it saves the file and not just the recovery info. We can set it for every 5 minutes. Then if there is a crash, say the whole computer, the person can still access the document as so as he/she can access the drive. Sometimes the really large docum

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Fridolin
Hey guys, why not the following: an option in the LO defaults that automatically saves a document in LO format when it is saved in another format (for all documents...) or save into the document whether it should be saved in native as well as an alternative format, e.g. DOC. (for a spe

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Jean Weber
On 14/12/2012, at 5:09, "C. Olofson" wrote: > Well; > > If this is considered 'best practices' or even 'good practice' the software > should be set, by default, to do it then. Currently, in contrast, the > Getting Started Guide (v3.5 p49) makes the choice of using *either* format > appear in

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/13/2012 02:09 PM, C. Olofson wrote: Well; If this is considered 'best practices' or even 'good practice' the software should be set, by default, to do it then. Currently, in contrast, the Getting Started Guide (v3.5 p49) makes the choice of using *either* format appear inconsequential:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
If you are a professional writer, I would have the check-box for "Always create backup copy" checked. Same with "Save AutoRecovery information every" and use the smallest number. If you keep the "defaults" you might lose a lot more typing. There are a lot of ways to make sure you do not lo

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread C. Olofson
Well; If this is considered 'best practices' or even 'good practice' the software should be set, by default, to do it then. Currently, in contrast, the Getting Started Guide (v3.5 p49) makes the choice of using *either* format appear inconsequential: If you routinely share documents with use

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Jay's advice is pretty much the standard the Users List keep reiterating.  Keep an original in native format and if you have to share with others give them a Doc NOT a DocX I've lost count of how many times a wide range of different people have said that on the Users List.  Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 12/13/2012 12:18 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read did not have enough details to know truly what happened. Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, three pages, seems to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Marketing Strategy Call in one hour

2012-12-13 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hi, And now the minutes below... Le jeudi 13 décembre 2012 à 17:00 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : > Hello, > > This is a reminder that our marketing conference call will start in > about one hour. > In order to access the call, you will need two things: the phone number > you have to dial i

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/13/2012 12:18 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read did not have enough details to know truly what happened. Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, three pages, seems to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 12/13/12 6:22 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: > It's a shame his post was framed as a critique of LibreOffice, when > it could just as easily have been a critique of the docx family of > formats. (My headline would have been: "Why is docx such an > unreliable format that I cannot manipulate it using

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Zeki Bildirici
We are using MS Office in work. It even corrupts the docs by itself. Suddenly the docs which you just saved yesterday corrupts and it cannot be opened by Ms Office 2007. Only Word Viewer opened it. I had experienced it many times. We have upgraded to 2010. I haven't reproduced it but it has alread

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Dec 13, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: > >> Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read >> did not have enough details to know truly what happened. > > Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, thr

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: > Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read > did not have enough details to know truly what happened. Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, three pages, seems to be a format problem and not a content proble

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/13/2012 09:58 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: On 12/13/2012 09:00 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 12/13/2012 03:38 AM, C. Olofson wrote: fyi; I really really want to like Libre Office, but I just lost an hour of editing in a document due to some bizarre bug that I can't can now reproduce. And

[libreoffice-marketing] Marketing Strategy Call in one hour

2012-12-13 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, This is a reminder that our marketing conference call will start in about one hour. In order to access the call, you will need two things: the phone number you have to dial in (local numbers are available) : http://www.talkyoo.net/main/telefonkonferenz_internationale_rufnummern and the ro

[libreoffice-marketing] Opensource in Bern, Switzerland

2012-12-13 Thread Fridolin
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 12/13/2012 09:00 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 12/13/2012 03:38 AM, C. Olofson wrote: fyi; I really really want to like Libre Office, but I just lost an hour of editing in a document due to some bizarre bug that I can't can now reproduce. And I was saving regularly. Crap, crap, crap. https://pl

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread C. Olofson
Exactly so, Italo. Thank you & Charles for following through with this. -Craig On 12/13/2012 05:50 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: I know Dan, he used to be a famous newspaper journalist (San Jose Mercury News, and then Silicon Valley Watcher), but now he is even more authoritative and influential as

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/13/2012 03:38 AM, C. Olofson wrote: fyi; I really really want to like Libre Office, but I just lost an hour of editing in a document due to some bizarre bug that I can't can now reproduce. And I was saving regularly. Crap, crap, crap. https://plus.google.com/113210431006401244170/posts/E

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Italo Vignoli
I know Dan, he used to be a famous newspaper journalist (San Jose Mercury News, and then Silicon Valley Watcher), but now he is even more authoritative and influential as he has replaced Walter Cronkite at the Arizona State University School of Journalism (probably, the best worldwide). I am going

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Tom, Hold on right there. Dan Gillmore is a famous newspaper journalist from Silicon Valley and he's no bullshiter. I have asked him to send us a copy of this problematic document, we will see... best, Charles. Le jeudi 13 décembre 2012 à 12:38 +, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > It's just a c

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's just a couple of people (perhaps paid by MS) just trying to stir-up trouble.  Notice that it's a problem that has never been reported to the User List here nor to the forums.  I've never had the problem.  Have you?  They could have reported the problem to the Users List or anywher

[libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread C. Olofson
fyi; I really really want to like Libre Office, but I just lost an hour of editing in a document due to some bizarre bug that I can't can now reproduce. And I was saving regularly. Crap, crap, crap. https://plus.google.com/113210431006401244170/posts/E7Ktup1Aq4M -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-