Thank you. Wayne
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com>wrote: > You are free to quote me. > > On 2011-04-18 13:42, Wayne Borean wrote: > > Again, do you mind if I quote? I'm a journalist, and I cover Free > Software. > > > > Wayne > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Steve Edmonds > > <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com>wrote: > > > > > >> This case is probably not alone. > >> My daughter sent her homework home from school as a .docx from MSO 2010. > >> It opened terribly on her MSO starter 2010 version at home, hardly > >> repairable. > >> It opened better in LO and could be repaired, completed and sent back. > >> steve > >> > >> On 2011-04-18 12:53, Wayne Borean wrote: > >> > >>> Can I quote this story for an article? > >>> > >>> Wayne > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM, bunk3m <bun...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Normally the list is about problems and solutions. > >>>> > >>>> So I wanted to share something with everyone that is positive. > >>>> > >>>> My son has a school supplied laptop that only has MS Office (XP). It > is > >>>> locked down so tight that we can't install anything onto it. > >>>> > >>>> He prepared his Powerpoint presentation (in .ppt), put it on a USB key > >>>> and took it to school. > >>>> > >>>> But it wouldn't load on the PC at school running MS Office 2007. :-( > >>>> > >>>> It also wouldn't open on my Mac running Office 2011. :-( > >>>> I tried Office 2011 because I thought the MS formats would be > >>>> compatible. Wrong. > >>>> > >>>> I use Libreoffice more than Office so I thought we would try it. (I > >>>> also test the betas) > >>>> > >>>> The presentation opened without any problem. We saved it to PDF so he > >>>> could take it to school. The pdf worked OK. > >>>> > >>>> So all you developers, be pleased with your work! It is getting > better > >>>> and better. In many cases, I now see it is better than MS Office! > >>>> Congratulations! > >>>> > >>>> A win for Libreoffice!! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > >>>> Posting guidelines + more: > >>>> > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> > >>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > >>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >>>> deleted > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > >> Posting guidelines + more: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
