On Monday 15 October 2007 01:22:57 jonathon wrote:
And everything you say about lawsuits and contracts concerning
Microsoft taking some individual or School to court is
speculation.
Read the EULA's that Microsoft has _very_ carefully.
Read the licenses that Microsoft has made public very
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:36:08 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I won't let the scripts on
the MS websites run on my Linux computer. (I use Firefox and the
add-on called no-script. It blocks every script on any web page
unless I tell it to let it work. But I won't do that on the MS
website.
2007/10/15, Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:36:08 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I won't let the scripts on
the MS websites run on my Linux computer. (I use Firefox and the
add-on called no-script. It blocks every script on any web page
unless I tell it to let it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 14 October 2007 10:50:16 Jim Hartley wrote:
James Knott wrote:
James wrote:
M Henri Day wrote:
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx
support will be available in
- Original Message -
From: Fred A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [users] The Dreaded .docx format
web kracked wrote:
[snip]
If I had my area's schools StarOffice licences, I would put up a fight to
pay
James wrote:
M Henri Day wrote:
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx support will
be available in OOo v. 3 expected in 12 months. Frankly I think
that is
way too long to wait to be able to mix it
James Knott wrote:
James wrote:
M Henri Day wrote:
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx support will
be available in OOo v. 3 expected in 12 months. Frankly I think
that is
way too long to wait to
On Sunday 14 October 2007 10:50:16 Jim Hartley wrote:
James Knott wrote:
James wrote:
M Henri Day wrote:
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx
support will be available in OOo v. 3 expected
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The same group providing the computers to the families can also
provide the software to the schools. I'm sure the IT people at the
schools know how to use Linux.
Actually, in my experience, there's a lot of IT people who know of
nothing other than Windows.
James Knott wrote:
Yesterday, I attended the Ontario Linux Fest in Toronto. One of the
presenters described the efforts to provide computers to very low income
high school students. They take donated computers and install Linux,
including OpenOffice on them. One thing they do, is set the
John Meyer wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Yesterday, I attended the Ontario Linux Fest in Toronto. One of the
presenters described the efforts to provide computers to very low income
high school students. They take donated computers and install Linux,
including OpenOffice on them. One thing
- Original Message -
From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [users] The Dreaded .docx format
John Meyer wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Yesterday, I attended the Ontario Linux Fest in Toronto. One
web kracked wrote:
Does this mean that these schools are paying for MS Office when they
already had the government pay for StarOffice? Which could read/write
MS formats except the new .docx format??? - which most people I know
hate.
Ever think about taking this waste of money to the School
On 10/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another thing the schools there can do is just get Open Source Software and
stop using MS software.
Maybe. It all depends upon their IT contracts.
The contract probably says they will not get MS software free or really cheap
unless
web kracked wrote:
[snip]
If I had my area's schools StarOffice licences, I would put up a fight to
pay for $200-$500 per machine MS Licences. Thats 500-600 PC at
what? 120,000 or more for software we do not need?
How much other supplies and books could that pay for?
T.L. - Elmira, New
On Sunday 14 October 2007 22:32:44 jonathon wrote:
On 10/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another thing the schools there can do is just get Open Source
Software and stop using MS software.
Maybe. It all depends upon their IT contracts.
The contract probably says they
And everything you say about lawsuits and contracts concerning
Microsoft taking some individual or School to court is speculation.
Read the EULA's that Microsoft has _very_ carefully.
Read the licenses that Microsoft has made public very carefully;
Pay attention to the clauses that have changed
On 13/10/2007, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:49:26 -0700
Mark Hull-Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/12/07, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keith, I think I goofed. If you use an editor that *properly*
supports regular expressions then what I
M Henri Day wrote:
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx support will
be available in OOo v. 3 expected in 12 months. Frankly I think that is
way too long to wait to be able to mix it with the big
On 12/10/2007, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:14:08 +0100
Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/10/2007 12:33, Keith Bates wrote:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007
docx format.
Failing that, can
Hello
Don't know whether it helps, but there is an online converter (docx only) here:
http://docx-converter.com/
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On 10/12/07, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keith, I think I goofed. If you use an editor that *properly* supports
regular expressions then what I should have told you to change was
^[]*
without the quotes. That's less-than, circumflex, open-square-bracket,
greater-than,
2007/10/12, Mike B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx support will
be available in OOo v. 3 expected in 12 months. Frankly I think that is
way too long to wait to be able to mix it with the big boy- not that I
Oh, that would be great (thanks for the link) - Make people make
choices, rather than be force fed product they may (do) not want: I have
no hope for that here in the states.
M Henri Day wrote:
... upport the initiative of the
Globalisation Institute in Brussels (*not*, by the way, by any
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:49:26 -0700
Mark Hull-Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/12/07, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keith, I think I goofed. If you use an editor that *properly*
supports regular expressions then what I should have told you to
change was
^[]*
without the
I have a package on my website that was designed for extracting text
from HTML pages. Based on the discussion here, it might work for this
too. It gets rid of all the ... stuff, and tries to clean up line
breaks and stuff like that. It might leave less of a mess requiring
manual cleanup than
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
I have scoured the internet for a way to convert it.
I have used a couple of on-line methods to try to convert it (zamzar
and Docx-Converter.com and both failed.
I have tried to use a method involving a Novell
Keith Bates wrote:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
If it's possible and appropriate, the easiest solution is definitely to
explain to that someone that most people in the world (including, I
believe, persons with older versions of
Datatude wrote:
Keith Bates wrote:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
If it's possible and appropriate, the easiest solution is definitely
to explain to that someone that most people in the world (including,
I believe, persons with older
2007/10/11, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
I have scoured the internet for a way to convert it.
I have used a couple of on-line methods to try to convert it (zamzar
and Docx-Converter.com and both
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:50:52 +0200
M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo:
2007/10/11, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
Keith, you might want to try downloading MS's own «compatibilitypack» for
Office products, which
2007/10/11, John Jason Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:50:52 +0200
M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo:
2007/10/11, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
Keith, you might want to try downloading
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:24:42 +0200
M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2007/10/11, John Jason Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:50:52 +0200
M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo:
2007/10/11, Keith Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in
On 11/10/2007 12:33, Keith Bates wrote:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007 docx
format.
Failing that, can someone tell me how to use regular expressions to
remove the formatting commands in the basic xml file i.e.
I want to remove anything between these
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:14:08 +0100
Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/10/2007 12:33, Keith Bates wrote:
Hello,
Someone has sent me one of those evil files in the Mcrosoft 2007
docx format.
Failing that, can someone tell me how to use regular expressions to
remove the
At 10/11/2007 07:25 PM, you wrote:
From another thread I see someone has suggested that docx support will
be available in OOo v. 3 expected in 12 months. Frankly I think that is
way too long to wait to be able to mix it with the big boy- not that I
can offer any programming expertise to hurry
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