Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread e-letter
On 20/12/2012, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > I trust there's no surprise that the OASIS Standard ODF documents are > developed and maintained as ODF documents. Tracked changes are critical to > the work of the ODF TC and the review processes that the work goes through. > In consideration of the bu

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread e-letter
On 20/12/2012, Jay Lozier wrote: > > If I am writing code I almost certainly would not use LO but either an > IDE or an enhanced text editor. The formating I need is to highlight > syntax and possible syntactical errors as I enter the code. > Understood, but the point being made is that instead o

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Robert Funnell
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Would an acceptable work-around be to send 2 versions of the document?  The old and the new? In 'most' (?) cases people would hopefully already have the old version, or an even older one.  Then hopefully the "Compare Documents" feature in the vari

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/20/2012 02:49 AM, e-letter wrote: On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier wrote: I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most people find the it confusing or annoying. What seemed to work best for most collaborative documents was to have one person be responsible for final edits

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-20 Thread Tom Davies
>To: Jay Lozier >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2012, 7:49 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ > >On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier wrote: > >> I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). I

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Jay Lozier wrote: > I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO). IMHO most > people find the it confusing or annoying. What seemed to work best for > most collaborative documents was to have one person be responsible for > final edits after getting input from all the o

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/12/2012, Bobby kneisel wrote: > Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is > really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. > In this case there is no alternative but to use m$? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
conditions you stipulate but it's close. F. From: Dennis E. Hamilton To: 'Robert Funnell' ; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 23:19 Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ I trust ther

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
ople will use it badly and get frustrated with any collaborative work.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Dennis E. Hamilton >To: 'Robert Funnell' ; users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 23:19 >Subject: RE:

RE: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ennis -Original Message- From: Robert Funnell [mailto:robert.funn...@mcgill.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 13:55 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Robert Funnell
On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Felmon Davis wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Bobby kneisel wrote: Unfortunately, where I work, this feature is used heavily ( and yest it is really, really annoying) but is considered a must have for our environment. Bobby Kneisel I wouldn't call it 'must-have' in my en

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Felmon Davis
;s thoughts or experiences. Regards from Tom :) __**__ From: e-letter To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread VA
In the legal field, the "track changes" feature is used a lot. Typically, one lawyer will draft a document, and send it off to another for revision. The document will go back and forth several times, with each lawyer adding his own changes. The "track changes" feature is most important. It actua

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Sandy Harris
Jay Lozier wrote: >> The "track changes" thing is far too advanced for most office workers i >> know of. When i tried to get people into it they complained that all the >> red crossings out and different colours was all t confusing. > > I have never seen anyone use this feature in MSO (or LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Bobby kneisel
important to get LO out there first, or AOO or >> any other program that uses ODF as it's native format. ODF uptake is 2nd, >> for me. It seems to be working well that way, for me. >> >> It would be interesting to hear other people's thoughts or experiences. >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Jay Lozier
m :) From: e-letter To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It&#

Re: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread Tom Davies
sers@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 8:26 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$ > >Readers, > >Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature >of the word processor. (It's excellent that

[libreoffice-users] record changes weakness compared to m$

2012-12-19 Thread e-letter
Readers, Have done a bug report on both LO and AOO, about the 'changes' feature of the word processor. (It's excellent that there are multiple products available to produce ODF files, but I digress). There are many bugs concerning this feature, which is surprising. In the typical collaborative en