Re: How do I hire a developer for a bugfix (was Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files)

2023-06-11 Thread V Stuart Foote
Further to Eyal's very on point write-up, two other avenues: 1. Install the Collabora Online product, or *better* persuade your company to invest in annual licensing of Collabora Online for users like yourself that are on non-MS supported platforms. Collabora is responsive to user suggestions.

Re: How do I hire a developer for a bugfix (was Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files)

2023-06-11 Thread Eyal Rozenberg
LO is not exactly "run by volunteers" - it's more complicated than that. Officially, it's run by a foundation - The Document Foundation. The foundation has some salaried staff (most of whom don't do development, but other kinds of work for running the project); and elected officials in different b

How do I hire a developer for a bugfix (was Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files)

2023-06-11 Thread Thomas Cameron
Hey, all - I finally got a response on my bug report. Seems like this bug has been known for 11 years. https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47825 Now, I get that LO is run by volunteers. I am not upset. But I would definitely love to get this fixed. I see a BUNCH of folks on t

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files

2023-05-19 Thread W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.
PDF. - Robert From: James Sent: May 19, 2023 18:53 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files Can PowerPoint save to something like docx? I think that is a more opensource file format. -- To unsubscribe e-mai

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files

2023-05-19 Thread James
Can PowerPoint save to something like docx? I think that is a more opensource file format. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundat

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Impress and Speaker's Notes With pptx Files

2023-05-16 Thread Thomas Cameron
All - I use Impress at work because I'm a Linux user in a sea of Windows and Mac folks. My company distributes Power Point .pptx files. When I open them in Impress, there are a number of glitches, but the worst is that the speaker notes get mangled. I posted some sanitized pix to https://img