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Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On Fri, 31 Jul 2015, Gary Collins wrote:
I think that register is an important consideration. Colloquial language
> tends to be in
ive a bad impression.
I only wanted to say dictionaries are not 'authorities' except as
snapshots of actual usage.
thanks.
f.
From: Felmon Davis
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2015, 21:48
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and &
;t understand that problem of opening at the beginning
>> only; my documents always re-open at the spot where last saved.
>> From: Stephen Harding Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015
>> at 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and
>> "complex do
ed a "loaded concept".) Where "making
a good impression" is important, dictionaries are very useful tools indeed.
/Gary
From: Felmon Davis
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2015, 21:48
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015, anne-ology wrote:
grammar skillfully employed procures meaningful communication,
[see below for comments to your comments]
yes, 'skillful' is not the same as 'proper'.
or let's put it this way, 'proper' is ambiguous. it could mean
'according to some accep
grammar skillfully employed procures meaningful communication,
[see below for comments to your comments]
From: Felmon Davis
Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libre
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, anne-ology wrote:
One of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's, Lewis Carroll, purpose in writing
the Alice in Wonderland books was to show how the meaning can be
misinterpreted when proper grammar is not used. My favorite example is
Jabberwocky ;-)
but the grammar of Jabberw
be a part of
any community ???
From: Felmon Davis
Date: Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On Sun, 26 Jul 2015, anne-ology wrote:
Thank you;
> and for
PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On 07/24/2015 09:08 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
This is simply a false statement. "It's not compatible."
That literally depends upon how "compat
ling with silver.
>
>
>
> From: toki
> Date: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
> documents"
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>
>
> On 07/24/2015 09:08 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
>
> &g
e last saved. From: Stephen Harding
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:25 AM Subject: RE:
[libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents" To: Dan Lewis ,
users@global.libreoffice.org I've had no problem using Writer to
create 200+ page documents with over a hundred
On 07/26/2015 05:21 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
> Certainly, the 10 different writing systems in the same document is
> something *I* would consider complex, especially since that's not
> something I've ever seen, done, or even heard of. :)
> The 50,000 page outline document sounds complex as well,
On 07/26/2015 09:58 AM, toki wrote:
> On 07/26/2015 04:48 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
>
>> Well, I think this certainly serves as a great example of a very complex
>> document. :)
> Which document?
>
> * 10,000 images in one document;
> * 50,000 pages in the outline, with projected length of 5,000,00
On 07/26/2015 04:48 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
> Well, I think this certainly serves as a great example of a very complex
> document. :)
Which document?
* 10,000 images in one document;
* 50,000 pages in the outline, with projected length of 5,000,000 pages;
* 10 different writing systems in the
otography - and now with digital images - the detailing is
impossible to obtain as it was when dealing with silver.
From: toki
Date: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On 07/2
On 07/24/2015 10:45 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 06:31 24/07/2015 -0700, Tom Williams wrote:
>> ... I've read many comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a
>> good alternative to MS Office. Some say yes, others say no. One
>> common comment made by those who say no is Writer isn't good for
>>
On 07/24/2015 09:56 AM, toki wrote:
> On 07/24/2015 01:31 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
>
>> Does anyone here have any experience with LO Writer and "complex documents"?
> I've had as many as 10,000 images in a single document. OOo 2.x didn't
> balk when I created it. Libo 5.0 beta does have any problem
On 07/24/2015 08:40 AM, Pablo Dotro wrote:
> The main complaint I've observed regarding different capabilities in MS
> Office and LO comes from people that expect both products to work exactly
> the same. Commonality exist between them, but each one is it's own product,
> with different design, cod
le...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 24 July 2015 16:06
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
> documents"
>
> On 07/24/2015 09:31 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
>> Greetings! With all of the recent discussi
On 07/24/2015 08:05 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> On 07/24/2015 09:31 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
>> Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable
>> alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many
>> comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative
On 07/24/2015 09:08 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
> This is simply a false statement. "It's not compatible."
That literally depends upon how "compatibility" is defined.
There are use-cases where MSO 2013 is completely, utterly, and
absolutely incompatible with MSO 2013, when installed on a different
c
Thank you.
From: Dave Barton
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
From: Anne-ology
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:08:53 -0500
>Maybe someone would be
Isn't that what everyone does ;-)
From: Dave Barton
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
anne-ology wrote:
>I still don't understand tha
i, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sorry guys, not part of the current thread, how do i start a new thread? or
question etc?
been a while, and totally forgot!!
cheers
Phil
same ...
the spacing may be off, the images may be skewed, any tables are
out of alignment, ... ... ...
and the MsFt document has increased in size due to all the excess
gobbledygook ;-)
From: Joel Madero
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question abo
anne-ology wrote:
>I still don't understand that problem of opening at the beginning
> only;
> my documents always re-open at the spot where last saved.
That's because you have put a/your name in the "User Data" section of
the "Options" dialog.
This is one of the program's littl
Original Message
From: Anne-ology
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:08:53 -0500
>Maybe someone would be so kind as to explain the difference between
> .ODT & .OTT;
> when is the latter used & how does it differ?
ODT (OpenDocument Text) = Writer Document
OTT (OpenDocum
MsFT; these really frustrate me when I have to
save as MSFT to send out ;-)
[I'll sometimes photograph them so they can be sent as an image
;-) ]
Well, that's my experience,
From: Tom Williams
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:31 AM
Subject: [libreoffice-users
I still don't understand that problem of opening at the beginning
only;
my documents always re-open at the spot where last saved.
From: Stephen Harding
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:25 AM
Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
document
Maybe someone would be so kind as to explain the difference between
.ODT & .OTT;
when is the latter used & how does it differ?
From: Dan Lewis
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documen
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:59 PM, anne-ology wrote:
>As for me, I much prefer to use LO.
>
>Although it's not compatible with MSFT; this makes it difficult to
> send a document to someone.
>
This is simply a false statement. "It's not compatible." Please don't give
new users a fal
;s my experience,
From: Tom Williams
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:31 AM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer and "complex
documents"
To: "users@global.libreoffice.org"
Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable
alternative to W
At 06:31 24/07/2015 -0700, Tom Williams wrote:
... I've read many comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a
good alternative to MS Office. Some say yes, others say no. One
common comment made by those who say no is Writer isn't good for
"complex documents". For "basic" word processing, it'
On 07/24/2015 01:31 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
> Question: in what ways does LO Writer "fail" at editing or creating "complex
> documents"?
This where a definition for "complex documents" is mandatory.
> Does anyone here have any experience with LO Writer and "complex documents"?
I've had as ma
Hi there!
I've had experience working with LibreOffice and "complex documents". Back
in the days of Libre/OpenOffice 3.x and Office 2003, Writer was much better
than Word in handling large documents with complex formatting and a large
number of included objects (say, around 100 pages, with around 1
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From: Dan Lewis [mailto:elderdanle...@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 July 2015 16:06
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LO Writer an
On 07/24/2015 09:31 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable
alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many
comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS
Office. Some say yes, others say no. One
Greetings! With all of the recent discussion about Linux being a viable
alternative to Windows, in today's computing world, I've read many
comments about whether or not LibreOffice is a good alternative to MS
Office. Some say yes, others say no. One common comment made by those
who say no is Wr
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