Thanks for all of the ideas Tom. Inline replies below. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi :) > Pdf is the best route imo. Note that the advantage LIbreOffice offers > here is that it makes uncompressed Pdfs fairly easily, or at least with > loss-less compression instead of making things a bit fuzzy. > Yes, I created a test pdf from one of my lessons and sent that to her, and she said that the lines came out as I had described over the phone. So I think that's the route I'm going to use. I have no idea what she's reading the pdf with, but probably Adobe Reader. > > You'll still probably need to use boring and over-used fonts such as Times > New Roman, Arial or for that wacky, friendly look the infamous Comic Sans > to fit in with whatever he/she is likely to have on his/her machine. > Students love dull boring old stuff don't they? > > There is another neat trick if you are going to give him/her the files on > a usb-stick and be able to click a couple of things yourself. The Portable > Apps initiative > http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/ > It makes the programs/apps available without having to install them onto > the Windows machine. Then when you unplug the usb-stick the program > becomes unavailable again. > That is definately a possibility. I used to use the PortableApps a lot when I was MS bound at work. Now I have more liberality to use Linux, so I have to learn how to interface with the MS world from the outside. > > It might be worth testing this before relying on it. I'd want the Pdf on > the same Usb-stick and easy to quickly email in case her machine is tooo > locked down. > > I'm not sure how to help with the fonts but maybe it's something to think > about next time. > > > Why does she/he "have to" read them in MS Office anyway? I'd bet she > doesn't use MS Office to read Pdfs. At some point people decided it was ok > to have 2 pieces of software to read documents. Why not a third? It is > possible for her to have both MS Office for her own use and LibreOffice to > handle documents from people who don't want to pay exorbitant fees for > malware infested vendor lock-ins. Do all the students also 'have to' buy > into MS Office because the staff are given it for free? > > Is it morally right for teachers to force their students to buy into > something in order to help ensure the staff get it for free? (Sorry, just > trying to give you arguments but they are unlikely to win you any fans!) > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > Thanks. > > On 24 September 2014 00:12, "J. Van Brimmer" <jerry...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Cley, >> >> I didn't think about the pdf route. That just may well work. I did try >> sending an .odt to the secretary, same peoblem. When she opened it, some >> of >> the lines were missing. I'll try pdfs next. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I don't know how well it transition to .doc files, but my approach to >> make >> > answer lines is the following: >> > - create a new paragraph style (let's call it "Answer Zone") >> > - change the style spacing so that there is no extra space before/after >> the >> > paragraph >> > - change the style border to be a single line at the bottom, and disable >> > the checkbox that merge the borders between paragraphs >> > >> > ...after typing this, I just checked, and that's roughly what the >> "---\r" >> > route is doing. Damn. The issues seems to be that the "Merge with next >> > paragraph" option either doesn't exist in .doc format, or isn't carried >> > over correctly. And no more luck with docx. >> > >> > Some sort of solution for your issue could be to just send the odt >> (recent >> > version of MS Office can read them, YMMV), or directly send the PDF, >> which >> > is clearly the best option if the recipient of your document will not >> have >> > to modify it, only to view/print it. >> > >> > -- >> > Cley Faye >> > http://cleyfaye.net >> > >> > 2014-09-24 0:27 GMT+02:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <jerry...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > > I'm using 4.3.1.2 on Xubuntu Linux. >> > > >> > > I am creating some lesson handouts for a class I'm going to be >> teaching. >> > I >> > > have to email them to our secretary, who has to read them in MS Office >> > for >> > > printing. >> > > >> > > The documents are formatted in landscape mode. >> > > >> > > In the document I enter a short text line, press Enter, then I type in >> > > three dashes, press Enter, and waula, I have a horizontal line for the >> > > students to write their answers on. >> > > Sometimes I continue pressing Enter to automatically create as many >> > lines >> > > as I need. >> > > >> > > This works fine as ling as I stay in .odt format. But if I save the >> > > document in .doc format, and then open the .doc file in LibreOffice, >> some >> > > of the horizontal lines are missing. I have tried everything I can >> think >> > > of, but I can't get all of the lines to "stick" from .odt to .doc >> format. >> > > >> > > I have read the "Help" page here: >> > > https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Drawing_Lines_in_Text >> > > . >> > > But those tips don't work either. >> > > >> > > I am being forced to work in Winbroke using BS Word. Help! >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > ->Jerry<- >> > > >> > > -- >> > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ->Jerry<- >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 >> > > -- ->Jerry<- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
