Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 17/10/2007, Jim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly format > Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the document. > This would mean I would have to completely adjust everything within > the document. Then it would not

Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-18 Thread Ganesha Bhaskara
On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 10:29 -0300, Jim Smith wrote: > When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly format > Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the document. > This would mean I would have to completely adjust everything within > the document. Then it would no

Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-18 Thread Robin Laing
Jim Smith wrote: When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly format Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the document. This would mean I would have to completely adjust everything within the document. Then it would not be formatted correctly if it were to be

Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-17 Thread linuxmaillists
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 09:29:49 Jim Smith wrote: > When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly > format Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the > document. This would mean I would have to completely adjust > everything within the document. Then it would

Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-17 Thread Tim Moore
Jim Smith wrote: When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly format Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the document. Right click on the graphic element, select 'wrap', set to 'optimal'. I use 1.1.5. Cheers, -- | for direct mail add "private_" in fro

Re: [users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-17 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:29:49 -0300 "Jim Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has this error been corrected in version 2.3? Until it has been > fixed, I cannot use OpenOffice nor recommend it to others. Many (most?) Microsoft Word doc files can be opened with little or no problem using OpenOffice.

[users] Formatting problems in OpenOffice

2007-10-17 Thread Jim Smith
When I have previously tried OpenOffie, it would not correctly format Word documents, particularly if there were graphics in the document. This would mean I would have to completely adjust everything within the document. Then it would not be formatted correctly if it were to be opened by Word. Ha