Hi :) It is possible to install another version of LO alongside the main one so that you can test-drive the newer one without committing to it. It's not easy so there is a wiki-page to help. The main thing is to avoid using the QuickStarter in either of them as you cant really have things open in both at the same time. QuickStarter uis like having one open all the time (in a fairly minimal way but just enough to confuse them) Regards from Tom :)
--- On Wed, 25/7/12, anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> wrote: From: anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users? To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 25 July, 2012, 15:39 Since most people don't use OO/LO, I've converted documents as well as PPs to MSFT's Office - while with OO, many times, there was garbage in the documents and missing bits in the PPs; I have not noticed this since changing to LO. One reason I'm hesitant to upgrade to the .5 version; still using MSFT Open Office '03 On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Don Parris <parri...@gmail.com> wrote: I would like to take something of a straw poll, if that's ok. I simply > want to know whether any of you have shared documents using the ODF format > with MS Office users (preferably in a business environment), and what was > the reaction? What problems > > I am not seeking advice on how to share documents with MS Office users. > Nor am I interested in an in-depth analysis of why one might experience > problems in sharing such documents. I simply want to know your experience. > > I have been sharing a simple spreadsheet document between LO (at home) and > MSO (at work) in the OD format. The experience has been interesting on the > MS Office side of it. I get error messages (that don't seem to be real > errors), and if I choose the "repair" option, it claims to fix the errors, > and even gives me a link to click to see the list of alleged corrections. > The list is just a near-empty XML document. And to save a document in ODF > raises a warning *every single time*, with no opportunity to say "stop > warning me". > > I know most of us still have to deal with both suites. I just wonder if > anyone else (how many???) has experienced similar issues. > > Thanks, > Don > -- > D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate > Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate > http://dcparris.net/ > <https://www.xing.com/profile/Don_Parris>< > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcparris> > GPG Key ID: F5E179BE > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
