Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-13 Thread Graham Smith
James, One thing to remember is that people will use the tools at hand and Microsoft Office doesn't have anything comparable to Draw, so... Incidentally, a few years ago, I saw someone using Excel to draw a road map! Indeed, and eventually it becomes best practice by default, because that

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-13 Thread JOE Conner
Graham Smith wrote: James, One thing to remember is that people will use the tools at hand and Microsoft Office doesn't have anything comparable to Draw, so... Incidentally, a few years ago, I saw someone using Excel to draw a road map! Indeed, and eventually it becomes best

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-13 Thread Graham Smith
I almost said the same thing Indeed, to a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:02:37 +1300 Came this utterance fomulated by Michael Adams to my mailbox: On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:52:04 + Came this utterance fomulated by Graham Smith to my mailbox: It seems standard practice to create posters in PowerPoint ( at least it is at my University).

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Graham Smith
Michael I should also have mentioned the Getting Started Guide which contains an introductory chapter to Draw, which you should make recommended reading for anyone doing posters. For OO.o v2.x at the above link and for OO.o v3.x here:

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread norseman
Michael Adams wrote: On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:02:37 +1300 Came this utterance fomulated by Michael Adams to my mailbox: On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:52:04 + Came this utterance fomulated by Graham Smith to my mailbox: It seems standard practice to create posters in PowerPoint ( at least it is at

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:52:04 + Came this utterance fomulated by Graham Smith to my mailbox: It seems standard practice to create posters in PowerPoint ( at least it is at my University). As part of my subtle promotion of OOo I would like to provide some guidance on using OOo instead.

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Graham Smith
Steve If you are including formulas, I would also take a look at Smath. Thanks, but any chance of a link for this, a google search isn't helping me much. Graham - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread norseman
Graham Smith wrote: Steve If you are including formulas, I would also take a look at Smath. Thanks, but any chance of a link for this, a google search isn't helping me much. Graham - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Graham Smith
Steve It's in the download. Smath is part of OpenOffice.org's office suite along with Sdraw, Swriter, Scalc, Sbase, Simpress, and so forth. It's like the MathCad program. Ah, I am familiar with the Math module in OOo, I wrongly thought that Smath was some additional program. Thanks,

[users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Graham Smith
It seems standard practice to create posters in PowerPoint ( at least it is at my University). As part of my subtle promotion of OOo I would like to provide some guidance on using OOo instead. Does anyone know of some readily available guidance aimed at using OOo for this purpose. My google

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread Graham Smith
Michael I'd look to Draw as the better tool for the task. I did wonder if Draw might be a better tool. Thanks, Graham - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread James Knott
Graham Smith wrote: Michael I'd look to Draw as the better tool for the task. I did wonder if Draw might be a better tool. One thing to remember is that people will use the tools at hand and Microsoft Office doesn't have anything comparable to Draw, so... Incidentally, a few

Re: [users] Creating scientific posters in OOo - best practice

2008-11-12 Thread norseman
James Knott wrote: Graham Smith wrote: Michael I'd look to Draw as the better tool for the task. I did wonder if Draw might be a better tool. One thing to remember is that people will use the tools at hand and Microsoft Office doesn't have anything comparable to Draw, so...