On 12/22/2008 01:06 PM, Julio Sotolongo wrote: > Twayne, > Good points, I'm reasonably certain my friend was using the same > computer for both programs, but have not seen them on his computer. I > did not get a good understanding, but said he was using something akin > to Draw to add a line in an Excel program or possibly a table. I have > read here that MSO does not have an equivalent to Draw. I am not sure > just what he was using. > I do not have MSO and only saw how OOo displayed on my relatively > old monitor. It is a Compaq 7500. I got it used. I keep my drivers up to > date. My video card is a nVidia GeForce 6100 GPU. > I tried the suggestion of printing the line which on the monitor > appeared to be short straight segments that were not connected. This > same line printed nice and straight. > Evidently he saw a difference how the two programs displayed. To use > his words, it was driving him crazy. In some manner, he said he could > 'snap' the line on MSO and it would be straight. By the time I came > back with the information about displayed line on the monitor and > printed line he had purchased a copy of MSO and uninstalled OOo. > Anyway I have learned a few things and I mentioned that he could > have both programs on his computer with no problem. Maybe he will give > OOo another try.
I just tested with WinXP MSO 2002 and OOo 3.0 and I see what your friend is talking about. On MSO, a diagonal line will appear jagged (stairstep effect) in the draw box until the mouse is released. As soon as the mouse is released the line appears perfectly smooth - even when viewed at 500%. In OOo the line renders in stairstep (minor, but still noticeable). That's on a .24pixel professional quality monitor and also tested on a two other systems w/like monitors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
