Re: Notes re Open office & Linux/Win data

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 12:24 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> OOo-2 is ->IMMENSELY<- better than OOo-1. Since I used OOo-2, trying to
> use OOo-1 drives me up the wall! Awareness of problems or MSOffice vs OO
> obviously varies with what one does. I frequently create a document
> having outline numbering intermixed with non-numbered example lines. I
> usually have to fight with MSWord to get what I want. Not too
> unexpectedly, I have a similar fight with OO, but the kicks & tweaks are
> a little different. Assuming that you use fonts that are available on
> both sides, however, plain vanilla documents and presentations transfer
> very well.
>
> My experience is that documents saved from OO (i.e. OOo-2) as .doc files
> pull up just fine in MSWord, but that documents saved from MSWord will
> more often need tweaking when pulled up in OO.
>
> Because of the many available design templates readily available in
> PowerPoint, I tend to start presentations in PP, then move to OO. (I'm
> sure that there's an equally good source for OO design templates, but
> haven't taken the time to look for it.) Once again OO --> PP seems to be
> better than PP --> OO. One caveat: many PP design templates involved
> objects which rendered v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y in OOo-1, making them
> effectively unusable. I haven't tested this thoroughly with OOo-2, but
> the problem seems to be almost, if not entirely, eliminated.
>
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if the default set of templates isn't enough for you, there are many
more at OOo's web site for all the various applications

Craig

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