[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-05 Thread Roger Sawkins
Thanks for the bug suggestions. I will try to get around to it in the near future. Roger -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Presentation-conversion-to-from-Powerpoint-layout-tp3782543p3802282.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-04 Thread Dag Wieers
On Sat, 3 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 19:25, Dag Wieers wrote: I didn't reply to your post in this thread. I was replying to e-letter's post. Maybe you got lost and assumed I was replying to your post, I don't know. I wonder who got lost in this thread actually. This is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-04 Thread Dag Wieers
On Sat, 3 Mar 2012, e-letter wrote: On 02/03/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: Well, having had your little spat I see we have got back to suggestions as to what I might do about my problem. What you choose to call a spat reveals your ignorance of the historical context of

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-04 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 04.03.2012 21:59, Dag Wieers wrote: Yet, the link you carefully removed from my mail was *your* answer to my mail to e-letter's mail: http://www.mail-archive.com/users@global.libreoffice.org/msg17560.html So we are not discussing whatever mail you initially send to Roger, we are discussing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-04 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Roger Sawkins wrote: Well, having had your little spat I see we have got back to suggestions as to what I might do about my problem. Bear in mind I am new to this game. There is a suggestion of reporting a bug. I realise there is a link for that, but what is the best way?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 23:17, Dag Wieers wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: So what do you reply to Roger Sawkins? That he can file a bug report hoping that some day in future LibreOffice will fully support the extinct ppt format? Yup, with the help of the community we can improve

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 23:41, Roger Sawkins wrote: Well, having had your little spat I see we have got back to suggestions as to what I might do about my problem. Bear in mind I am new to this game. There is a suggestion of reporting a bug. I realise there is a link for that, but what is the best way?

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 19:25, Dag Wieers wrote: I didn't reply to your post in this thread. I was replying to e-letter's post. Maybe you got lost and assumed I was replying to your post, I don't know. I wonder who got lost in this thread actually. This is the only answer to e-letter: There is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread Tom Davies
, 3/3/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 11:36 Am 02.03.2012 23:41, Roger Sawkins wrote: Well

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) [1]  The way i see it going is much the same as the newsletter at my work.  People will probably start by using MS formats, then they may find the older MS ones work better and then find the ODF are a vast improvement.  Our original newsletter was made in Word 2003 as a Doc.  Sadly,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-03 Thread e-letter
On 02/03/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: Well, having had your little spat I see we have got back to suggestions as to what I might do about my problem. What you choose to call a spat reveals your ignorance of the historical context of gnu/linux and consequent inability to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 01:49, Dag Wieers wrote: Why are you so defensive ? Open Source thrives on people that are interested in a certain subject, and one of those subjects could be improving the PPT import and export filters. Even if you personally are not affected by such improvements, why would you

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 09:41, Andreas Säger wrote: OK, can open source make my car fly and swim if I only wish hard enough? There are limitations in software development just like there are limitations in the physical technology. MS has the big truck and refuses to carry the comparatively small ODF

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 01:49, Dag Wieers wrote: Why are you so defensive ? Open Source thrives on people that are interested in a certain subject, and one of those subjects could be improving the PPT import and export filters. Even if you personally are not

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 12:33, Dag Wieers wrote: What does flying/swimming cars have to do with improving the existing PPT import and export filter ? It's the economy! Only dreams are free. Of course everybody wants the magic soft to open each and every proprietary file format of computing history.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 12:33, Dag Wieers wrote: What does flying/swimming cars have to do with improving the existing PPT import and export filter ? It's the economy! Only dreams are free. Of course everybody wants the magic soft to open each and every

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 12:40, Dag Wieers wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 09:41, Andreas Säger wrote: Please read the original posting and my reply. Then try to contribute something helpful and substancial. I didn't reply

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We might not need or want a third decade of MS dominance but that is exactly what we have been handed.  We have to work from where we really are NOT from where we wish we were.  We cannot rely on people starting to use LibreOffice and magically already all their previous documents

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
So what do you reply to Roger Sawkins? That he can file a bug report hoping that some day in future LibreOffice will fully support the extinct ppt format? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Very well written, Tom! On 03/02/2012 01:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) We might not need or want a third decade of MS dominance but that is exactly what we have been handed. We have to work from where we really are NOT from where we wish we were. We cannot rely on people starting to use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: So what do you reply to Roger Sawkins? That he can file a bug report hoping that some day in future LibreOffice will fully support the extinct ppt format? Yup, with the help of the community we can improve LibreOffice so that in the future people are

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.03.2012 15:20, Dag Wieers wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when loading Ppt in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread Dag Wieers
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 01.03.2012 15:20, Dag Wieers wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-02-28 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 28.02.2012 01:10, Roger Sawkins wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. Hello Roger, It is not supposed to work like this. LibreOffice is not a drop in replacement for any other software. You can