What you say makes sense. However, ooo automatically changed the font from 14 point to 10 point and then behaved as if I had made a change when I restored it. In fact, I had made a change in restoring it, but that change was just to undo the change made by oo Writer. Also, the language in the options was disconcerting.
I believe word behaves the same way. It is hard to set defaults. The fact that word behaves the same way does not mean it's ok. In fact, it likely means that it should be changed. Sandy On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:52:25 +0100 "mike scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 28 Jun 2008 at 22:05, Richard Detwiler wrote: > .... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Here are some problems with Open Office: > ... > > > I finally pushed "Discard" and was able to start the program. > Experiments > > > with a sample document showed the following: the document, which > had been > > > saved in Word with a 14 point font, opened in Open Office Writer > with a > > > 10 point font. When I restored it to the original 14 point font, > Open > > > Office Writer saw that as a modification of the document. > > > > > > > Well, when you change the font from 10 point to 14 point, that IS > a > > modification of the document, isn't it? So of course, it's going > to ask > > you if you want to save the change. > > > > > This episode indicates to me that Open Office Writer is > altogether > > > unacceptable as an alternative to Word. > > To put that the other way round, it looks to me that you are > implying > that under Word, you can change something like font size, close > without saving, receive no warning, and lose the pretty formatting > you've just spent the morning on. > > That would to me be altogether unacceptable as an alternative to the > > way OOo safeguards one's work. I hope even MS would not publish such > > a latent disaster area. > > You seem to have a number of issues apparently more related to your > own understanding of standard ways of doing things, rather than real > > shortcomings in OOo itself. Which, incidentally, would seem to > include some elementary manners - when quoting verbatim significant > parts of someone else's contribution, most people would at the very > least indicate that they are quoting and that it is not their own > work. > > -- > Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in > connection > with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. > http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because > of spam > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ Lower rates for Veterans. Click for VA loan information. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3mWHjJ5VkW116Uo2IYR9LxOzoassHjDwzGbas5utFRqNg4/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
