Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

I am going to do my reply between the paragraphs. So read down till the "end" note. On 02/24/2018 03:51 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) LibreOffice is not like most programs. It has a large core program with a few tiny modules / satellites / add-ons / plug-ins / apps that kinda plug-in to that co

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) LibreOffice is not like most programs. It has a large core program with a few tiny modules / satellites / add-ons / plug-ins / apps that kinda plug-in to that core. Removing one or a handful of those modules does very little to affect the size or complexity of LibreOffice. At least that is

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi Tim, > > Robert The custom install as you stated seems to come up in Windows, not > DEB based Linux install, unless you install through the repository, and > package managers like Synaptic. I have never installed LibreOffice on a Windows-system. You could choose the packages under OpenSUSE, so

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 17:03 GMT+01:00 Tim-L : > On 02/24/2018 05:19 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > >> On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: >> >> since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. >>> >> Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in >> humanities and have never writte

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

On 02/24/2018 05:19 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in humanities and have never written a single line of code, but I am a very happy Linux u

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) Sorry, i don't know what PYOO is so i have redirected this question back to the LO mailing list - even though it is really a question for Calligra forums/mailing-lists. I've only used their spreadsheets for very straight-forwards sums, to add columns of figures. Is PYOO something that can b

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 12:23 GMT+01:00 Robert Großkopf : > Hi Henri, > > > > Surprised to hear that the Ubuntu respositories don't provide a complete > LO > > package - I install via the PPA on my Linux Mint machine, which is an > > Ubuntu fork, and get everything, including Math and Base. What gives ?... > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi Henri, > > Surprised to hear that the Ubuntu respositories don't provide a complete LO > package - I install via the PPA on my Linux Mint machine, which is an > Ubuntu fork, and get everything, including Math and Base. What gives ?... Every Linux-distribution does allow to install only parts o

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 11:19 GMT+01:00 Italo Vignoli : > On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: > > > since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. > > Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in > humanities and have never written a single line of code, but I am a very > hap

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: > since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in humanities and have never written a single line of code, but I am a very happy Linux user and will never switch back to macOS or Win

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 22:27 GMT+01:00 Tim-L : > > Hey Guys. I found two 512MB memory sticks. It now gives me about 800MB > after the shared video memory. > > Did you know that the Ubuntu repositories do not install LO Math with LO? > Found that out about an hour ago. > ​Good on ya, Tim​ ; how does LO now

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Since you use Ubuntu the unwanted parts can be uninstalled, or, better, unselected when preparing LO installation Je la 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a skribis : i wished that LO has one version for home users to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. i only need writer and have to h

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

On 02/24/2018 08:35 AM, zahra a wrote: >to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. Sounds like you want OOoLight, which is no longer maintained. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

On 02/23/2018 09:27 PM, Tim-L wrote: > Did you know that the Ubuntu repositories do not install LO Math with LO? The last time I installed LibO from the Ubuntu repository, it also left out Base, the Help files, and something else (printing, perhaps.) jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: use

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

i wished that LO has one version for home users to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. i only need writer and have to have one office suite which most features are for engineers, businesses, companies etc. since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. On 2/24/1

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hey Guys.  I found two 512MB memory sticks.  It now gives me about 800MB after the shared video memory. Did you know that the Ubuntu repositories do not install LO Math with LO?  Found that out about an hour ago. On 02/23/2018 03:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Yeh, the KDE people put a se

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) Sorry, my keyboard is still suffering from when i crunched it's usb-plug. It's still a beautiful keyboard but sometimes gets it's signals a bit muddled. Apols from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 20:40, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Yeh, the KDE people put a serious amount of work into it a

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) Yeh, the KDE people put a serious amount of work into it a lot lighter and faster. Initially i only tried it out for a laugh but i was quite flabergasted at how phenomenally slick it had become. Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 18:11, David Burleigh wrote: > It's interesting

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

It's interesting to hear of Kubuntu working well on an old machine. When I last tried using it a few years ago, Nepumuk and Aconadi bogged it down so much that it became unusable. On Fri, 2018-02-23 at 16:42 +, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Would Gnome Office (ie Abiword and Gnumeric) be better?

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) Again, good points. It is much easier to support people using a system that you use yourself. I gave up on using Kubuntu when i no longer had to support anyone using it. It is interesting and has tons of nice features but i just prefer stock Ubuntu for my main use. If i had to support low

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

On 02/23/2018 09:43 AM, M Henri Day wrote: 2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L >: I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to give away. It has 64-bit AMD 3300+ CPU, 512MB ram, and only 160GB drive.  It was an original Windows

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

Hi :) Would Gnome Office (ie Abiword and Gnumeric) be better? Also last time i tried distro-hopping on 'old' machines i found that Kubuntu was much faster and lighter-weight than even Lubuntu and Xubuntu. There was a ton of stuff to figure out and apps etc to add o really get the most out of it bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L : > > I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to give away. > > It has 64-bit AMD 3300+ CPU, 512MB ram, and only 160GB drive. It was an > original Windows XP 32-bit OS system on a 64-bit hardware. Since it needs > ALL of the old user's info rem

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

hello. linux support i think did not change in libreoffice newer versions. but libreoffice 5.4 on windows have some issues and bugs on windows xp as i studied bug reports and other websites. not sure about 5.4.4 that works on xp or not, but 5.4.3 works properly. by the way, i have windows xp and di

[libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to give away. It has 64-bit AMD 3300+ CPU, 512MB ram, and only 160GB drive.  It was an original Windows XP 32-bit OS system on a 64-bit hardware. Since it needs ALL of the old user's info removed, and XP OS "damaged", It was better

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 8/8/2014 11:15 AM, Pikov Andropov wrote: >> MSO 2013 is incompatible with itself >> >> >> I think he meant that MSO 2013 isn't fully compatible with MSO2010 o No. I meant that MSO 2013 is completely, utterly, and absolutely incompatible with MSO 2013. Likewise, MSO 2010 is completel

Re: Thank You, Developers! (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?)

Hi :) +1 Also a big thanks to everyone else who helps or has helped, especially those who seldom get any recognition. Regards from Tom :) On 10 August 2014 15:32, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > +1 > On Aug 10, 2014 7:19 AM, "Jim Seymour" wrote: > > > On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:10:50 +0200 > > Errol

Re: Thank You, Developers! (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?)

+1 On Aug 10, 2014 7:19 AM, "Jim Seymour" wrote: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:10:50 +0200 > Errol Goetsch wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Thank you to the developers who have given so much to so many for > > so little. > [snip] > > Hear, hear! > > Regards, > Jim > -- > Note: My mail server employs *very*

Thank You, Developers! (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?)

On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:10:50 +0200 Errol Goetsch wrote: [snip] > > Thank you to the developers who have given so much to so many for > so little. [snip] Hear, hear! Regards, Jim -- Note: My mail server employs *very* aggressive anti-spam filtering. If you reply to this email and your email i

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On that note then, I'd like to record that as an ex-Excel guru and Office trainer, I am permanently delighted by the quality and stunned by the price of LibreOffice. There may be no such thing as a free lunch in Economics, but in the IT world, LO (and of course oOo) are the closest things to a f

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Not exclusively, but you are indeed correct, sir. A quick squizz at Wikipedia shows that it's use to obfuscate or deceive is considered the more common one, though my experience makes no such distinction. On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:37:54 -0400 chainsawchihuahua wrote: > Actually, just to chime in h

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Actually, just to chime in here on this bike shed moment, I am under the strong impression that "technobabble" does indeed refer exclusively to the incorrect usage of actual terms in order to give an appearance of technical proficiency. The difference between technobabble and what you're descri

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Completely as an aside... On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:49:03 -0400 Pikov Andropov wrote: > Tom Davies wrote on 8/9/2014 2:25 PM: > > Italo's techno-babble was brilliant and i thought fairly easy to > > understand. It's good to have it laid out so clearly! > > I don't think you mean "techno-babble"

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Tom Davies wrote on 8/9/2014 2:25 PM: > Hi :) > I think it is > .Pps > that plays as a slide-show straight-away. I think > .Ppt > normally opens in editable/design view. I'm not sure if it's possible > to just rename the file-ending between the 2 or whether you have to use > "Save As...". I've

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi :) I think it is .Pps that plays as a slide-show straight-away. I think .Ppt normally opens in editable/design view. I'm not sure if it's possible to just rename the file-ending between the 2 or whether you have to use "Save As...". I've got a feeling it's one of the rare ones where you can j

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Is there a way to get Impress to start in slide-show mode when I click on a PPT icon? Thanks. Tomáš Matýs wrote on 8/9/2014 12:57 PM: > I use impress. > > regards, > Tomáš Matýs > > > 2014-08-09 18:22 GMT+02:00 Jim Seymour : > >> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 12:01:27 -0400 >> P

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

I use impress. regards, Tomáš Matýs 2014-08-09 18:22 GMT+02:00 Jim Seymour : > On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 12:01:27 -0400 > Pikov Andropov wrote: > > > Jim Seymour wrote on 8/9/2014 10:48 AM: > > > At the risk of adding to the "political" noise... > > > > > > As for home: I sol

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 12:01:27 -0400 Pikov Andropov wrote: > Jim Seymour wrote on 8/9/2014 10:48 AM: > > At the risk of adding to the "political" noise... > > > > As for home: I solved the entire problem once-and-for-all by > > replacing my wife's MS-Win install with Linux Mint. (MS-Win8 was > > t

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Jim Seymour wrote on 8/9/2014 10:48 AM: > At the risk of adding to the "political" noise... > > As for home: I solved the entire problem once-and-for-all by > replacing my wife's MS-Win install with Linux Mint. (MS-Win8 was the > last straw, even for her.) What do you use in place of PowerPoint V

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

At the risk of adding to the "political" noise... On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 09:46:12 -0400 Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: [snip] > For MS Office, the formats ending with > "x" is a problem even for their older version. MSO 2007 might have > trouble reading DOCX files created from the newer versions,

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 08/08/2014 12:54 PM, Sophie wrote: Hi Pikov, Le 08/08/2014 18:47, Pikov Andropov a écrit : Joel Madero wrote on 8/8/2014 12:39 PM: I really just got a little laugh (not following the thread generally) but: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: > > > Everythi

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 08/08/2014 12:47 PM, Pikov Andropov wrote: Joel Madero wrote on 8/8/2014 12:39 PM: I really just got a little laugh (not following the thread generally) but: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: > > > Everything really depends on you neighbors' needs, and wa

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Italo - no need to apologize. Your ability to make even non tech savvy people (or less tech savvy) understand the absurdities of it all is truly an art. Thanks! Best, Joel On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > On 08/08/14 11:15, Pikov Andropov wrote: > > > I didn't know that.

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 08/08/14 11:15, Pikov Andropov wrote: > I didn't know that. So if I have MSO 2007 and get a DOCX file from > someone with MSO 10 or 13, can I expect to have trouble opening it? Unfortunately, yes, but in a totally unpredictable way. Sorry for the technical details, but they are necessary to u

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi :) Yes, MSO formats are tricky. MS keep changing the spec without changing the name. I find the best work-around is to use the older MS formats Doc instead of DocX Xls instead of XlsX Ppt instead of PptX and so on. In LibreOffice you can set the default to be these older formats and i think i

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi, Commnts inline... Liebe Grüße, / Yours, Florian Reisinger > Am 08.08.2014 um 20:09 schrieb Pikov Andropov : > > jonathon wrote on 8/8/2014 1:49 PM: >>> > > MSO 2013 is incompatible with itself > Yes! Open Excel, use THE "Date bug" (a Feb 29th which never exists in reality, but in x

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

> > > I didn't know that. So if I have MSO 2007 and get a DOCX file from > someone with MSO 10 or 13, can I expect to have trouble opening it? > Not necessarily opening it but there is not perfect interoperability between the different versions - so you might see differences of formatting, etc...

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Joel Madero wrote on 8/8/2014 2:12 PM: > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Pikov Andropov > wrote: > > jonathon wrote on 8/8/2014 1:49 PM: > > On August 8, 2014 9:47:51 AM PDT, Pikov Andropov wrote: > > > >>What difference does it make that a file

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Pikov Andropov wrote: > jonathon wrote on 8/8/2014 1:49 PM: > > On August 8, 2014 9:47:51 AM PDT, Pikov Andropov wrote: > > > >>What difference does it make that a file was produced by a proprietary > program? > > > > The issue s whether or not the end user can, i

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

jonathon wrote on 8/8/2014 1:49 PM: > On August 8, 2014 9:47:51 AM PDT, Pikov Andropov wrote: > >>What difference does it make that a file was produced by a proprietary >>program? > > The issue s whether or not the end user can, in theory at least, go in and > fix whatever is causing the incomp

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On August 8, 2014 9:47:51 AM PDT, Pikov Andropov wrote: >What difference does it make that a file was produced by a proprietary program? The issue s whether or not the end user can, in theory at least, go in and fix whatever is causing the incompatibility with the documents From my POV, MSO 201

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi Pikov, Le 08/08/2014 18:47, Pikov Andropov a écrit : > Joel Madero wrote on 8/8/2014 12:39 PM: >> I really just got a little laugh (not following the thread generally) but: >> >> Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: >> > >> > >> > Everything really depends on you ne

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

> > > > What difference does it make that a file was produced by a proprietary > program? > > The operator of LO would like to be able to just click on that file's > icon or name have LO open it, without having to know anything else about > LO or Microsoft. > > That's what I meant by transparent. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Joel Madero wrote on 8/8/2014 12:39 PM: > I really just got a little laugh (not following the thread generally) but: > > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: > > > > > > Everything really depends on you neighbors' needs, and wants. You need > > to discuss with th

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

I really just got a little laugh (not following the thread generally) but: > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: > > > > > > Everything really depends on you neighbors' needs, and wants. You need > > to discuss with them what they want our of the software packages you > > install f

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote on 8/8/2014 9:59 AM: > > > Everything really depends on you neighbors' needs, and wants. You need > to discuss with them what they want our of the software packages you > install for them. Not my neighbors! They want to be able to open DOC files, write letters, m

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Paul wrote on 8/8/2014 9:24 AM: > Italo makes a good point, perhaps the best thing to do is to explain > the situation to your neighbours and let them decide. My neighbors wouldn't know what I was talking about! :-) They treat their computers like they treat their cars -- get, turn the key, put th

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

One has Windows XP. 4.2.6 One has Windows 7 and one has Windows 8. 4.2.6 for Win7, same for Win8.x but I never used Win8 before, only XP through Win7. there is only one Windows install for both 32-bit and 64-bit. One has Ubuntu and one has Linux Mint.

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Italo makes a good point, perhaps the best thing to do is to explain the situation to your neighbours and let them decide. I'm not sure if that's an option; I know at least one couple I have installed LO for that keep confusing LO and their mailreader, firewall, firefox, etc... Trying to explain t

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 07/08/14 14:14, Paul wrote: > The big debate recently has been over exactly this issue. A lot of > people on this list (myself included) have expressed the opinion that it > is best in this sort of circumstance to go for Still, but Charles is > among those that feel that it is best to go for Fr

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi :) Exactly! Actually it doesn't really matter which you choose. Either way new users are bound to be unhappy at first and some of those are going to want the other version from whichever you gave them to begin with. Are you going to be able to be able to give them a reasonable reason why the

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:25 PM: > > > On 7 août 2014 21:09:34 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >>Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:12 AM: >>> Hello again, >>> >>> On 6 août 2014 23:29:44 CEST, Pikov Andropov >>wrote: I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. >

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:25:12 +0200 "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: > >> As for which version: they are your neighbours? They do not stream > >financial data in real time in and out of their office suite? They > >don't do the accounting nor the legal documents management of a > >fortune 500 company

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hello Pikov, On 7 août 2014 21:02:17 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:05 AM: >> Hello Pikov, >> >> On 7 août 2014 01:30:57 CEST, Pikov Andropov >wrote: >>>V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: No great mystery. If they are more conservative-

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 7 août 2014 21:09:34 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:12 AM: >> Hello again, >> >> On 6 août 2014 23:29:44 CEST, Pikov Andropov >wrote: >>>I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. >>> >>>Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:12 AM: > Hello again, > > On 6 août 2014 23:29:44 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >>I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. >> >>Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install LibreOffice. >> >>One has Windows XP. >>One has Windows 7 and o

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Tom Davies wrote on 8/7/2014 4:05 AM: > Hi :) > With all due respect Charles it is not your reputation on the line > here. It's Pikov's. Why? Because I asked the original question? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 8/7/2014 3:05 AM: > Hello Pikov, > > On 7 août 2014 01:30:57 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >>V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: >>> No great mystery. >>> >>> If they are more conservative--LibreOffice 4.2.6 is a solid build, >>somewhat lacking in the latest office

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi Charles, On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:23:17 +0200 "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: > Fyi maybe it is my browser but I see that on the homepage clicking on > download will dispmay a menu with the two branches. Surely that is an > acceptable behaviour? Yes, I see that menu, and that menu is fine as far a

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hello Paul, On 7 août 2014 16:44:25 CEST, Paul wrote: >Hi Charles, > >Thanks for the info on a different feedback system generating a >different view of the topic. That was very useful, and I think should >have been mentioned *much* earlier. > >It is likely the the people who mostly come to this

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi :) Oddly on the Users Support mailing list we tend to get a lot of questions asking for support and not so many posts telling us that they don't need support. I guess if people were asking for technical support in the social media thing then they would be a bit lost, right! Would you solve the

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi Charles, Thanks for the info on a different feedback system generating a different view of the topic. That was very useful, and I think should have been mentioned *much* earlier. It is likely the the people who mostly come to this list are the ones with problems, so we are likely to see a high

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Personally, I would do the following for Windows XP through Win7. I do not work with 8 or 8.1. Install 4.2.6. When 4.2.7 comes out, you might want to update to that one, but it is not really needed. Once 4.3.x gets to 4.3.3 or 4.3.4, then go to the 4.3.x line - if wanted. I may or may no

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Tom, Please stop this passive-aggressive behaviour. Users' request are not spam. Why do you call them that? Anyway, you ask a good question. On these channels we receive three kind of questions and here's how things tend to work: 1) request for feature : people or the biggest majority of peop

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 8/6/2014 6:34 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: No great mystery. If they are more conservative--LibreOffice 4.2.6 is a solid build, somewhat lacking in the latest office features. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/ Not for everyone... the fact that the new feature of 'inline

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Le 07.08.2014 14:50, Paul a écrit : On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:59:46 +0200 "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: Le 07.08.2014 09:54, Tom Davies a écrit : > Hi :) > +1 > (to James's suggestion.) > I think most people on this mailing list would probably agree with > getting > the 4.2.6. That is your own wild

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:59:46 +0200 "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: > Le 07.08.2014 09:54, Tom Davies a écrit : > > Hi :) > > +1 > > (to James's suggestion.) > > I think most people on this mailing list would probably agree with > > getting > > the 4.2.6. > > That is your own wild call and your ow

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Le 07.08.2014 10:05, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) With all due respect Charles it is not your reputation on the line here. It's Pikov's. I realize it is important for Pikov to do the right thing - don't get me wrong. Hence my questions earlier: what are his neighbours' needs? Are they very com

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Le 07.08.2014 09:54, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) +1 (to James's suggestion.) I think most people on this mailing list would probably agree with getting the 4.2.6. That is your own wild call and your own opinion. I don't agree with you. Many people don't agree with you. Stop saying somebody sh

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hi :) +1 (to James's suggestion.) I think most people on this mailing list would probably agree with getting the 4.2.6. Blimey! The downloads page is now really complicated for non-English versions!! In fact it might even be impossible, unless you edit the url-bar at the top of the page! [edit:

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hello again, On 6 août 2014 23:29:44 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. > >Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install LibreOffice. > >One has Windows XP. >One has Windows 7 and o9ne has Windows 8. >One has Ubuntu and one has Linux Mint

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Hello Pikov, On 7 août 2014 01:30:57 CEST, Pikov Andropov wrote: >V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: >> No great mystery. >> >> If they are more conservative--LibreOffice 4.2.6 is a solid build, >somewhat lacking in the latest office features. >> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreo

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

On 08/06/2014 05:29 PM, Pikov Andropov wrote: > I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. > > Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install LibreOffice. > > One has Windows XP. > One has Windows 7 and o9ne has Windows 8. > One has Ubuntu and one has Linux Mint. > Another has

RE: [libreoffice-users] What version?

Pikov, *, > -Original Message- > From: Pikov Andropov [mailto:piko...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 6:31 PM > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] What version? > > V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: > > N

Re: [libreoffice-users] What version?

V Stuart Foote wrote on 8/6/2014 6:34 PM: > No great mystery. > > If they are more conservative--LibreOffice 4.2.6 is a solid build, somewhat > lacking in the latest office features. > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/ > > If they have more tolerance for change, and accept t

RE: [libreoffice-users] What version?

4 4:30 PM > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: [libreoffice-users] What version? > > I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. > > Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install LibreOffice. > > One has Windows XP. > One has Win

[libreoffice-users] What version?

I'm so confused by the multiple version that I have to ask. Several neighbors are "eligible" for me to install LibreOffice. One has Windows XP. One has Windows 7 and o9ne has Windows 8. One has Ubuntu and one has Linux Mint. Another has Red Hat and another has a Mac. What version shall I use for