Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Publisher Equivilent

2007-04-18 Thread Daniel Currier
On 4/17/07, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps the solution is not to create another Scribus, but to make Scribus an OpenOffice partner. This means they'd work together for better integration etc. The same could happen with Thunderbird etc. I like your idea on both scribus and

Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Publisher Equivilent

2007-04-17 Thread Daniel Currier
since we are talking about a MS and scribus equivalent, would it be possible or is it in the works to have something like Publisher? i have been seeing a lot of people asking for it on this list. I presently use scribus (and for me i am not comfortable to use ooo for page layout, especially for

Re: [users] Will OpenOffice support Microsoft Publisher files?

2007-01-16 Thread Daniel Currier
You don't mention it, but Scribus is now available for Windows too. I haven't personally used the Windows version so I can't vouch for how stable it is, or isn't. It is great! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread Daniel Currier
as far as i know it is OK. i use OO and GIMP on my thumb drive at school all the time. i am fairly close to the guy who is head of the tech area in my department at the university and we have had discussions about installing OO on the computers in his domain. however, because of some contract

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-14 Thread Daniel Currier
boss isn't looking who are you talking about? On 10/14/06, M. Fioretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (please do NOT top-post or retransmit a whole message on any public list, thanks) On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 16:00:23 PM -0500, Daniel Currier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: i am fairly close to the guy

Re: [users] I am thinking of trying to talk my local community college into using OOo

2006-10-12 Thread Daniel Currier
I am presently going to Illinois State University and I tried to get OO approved for all the computers. However they could not because of some contract they have with MS. ( I am working to get them to break this contract- which I feel is an illegal contract- but I have not be to do this yet).

Re: [users] Running open office from portable media?

2006-10-12 Thread Daniel Currier
This really works well; I have been using my thumb drive for awhile to bring portable software (OO) around with me at school. There are other programs that you can also put on your drive, like Scribus and GIMP. These have gotten me out of many jams when I needed to write a paper or edit an image,

Re: [users] Word Perfect question

2006-10-04 Thread Daniel Currier
OpenOffice will not only read word and excel documents, but also write to them. They would probably want to use the native format to OO, but if needs be they can use the other formats. On 10/4/06, Arnold Huzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenOffice will read word and excel documents, so it will

Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2006-10-03 Thread Daniel Currier
The Morses, I have tried playing around with ooo label. to me it seems hard to do the mail merge. i have used a database from a spreed sheet. do i have to drag and drop every name and address in each box or is there a function where i can just press and every name and address on the spreadsheet