I just added the repository (sudo add-apt-repository
ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1) (4.1.1 is the most current ppa) and tried
to install it (sudo apt-get install libreoffice) and the response is that
libreoffice is already the newest version. (libreoffice 3.6.2.2)
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Dazed_75 <
lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are many articles about how to get more up to date versions of
> almost any software than you distribution carries in its official
> repositories. LibreOffice is no different. One can download it directly
> from the LibreOffice site or you can add a PPA to your software sources.
> There are a few low risk drawbacks to doing so but they are minimal for a
> major piece of software. Just look at the LibreOffice.org site to see what
> the latest version is or Google the question.
>
> But you could first check what the Software center is offering because you
> 3.6? version is definitely old.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to get synaptic or apt to install a more recent version?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade. That is some
>>> basic functionality that is not working for you. I've never seen such a
>>> basic bug before.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3.6.2.2
>>>> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
>>>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>>>> that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>
>>>> here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>>>> functions are
>>>> performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated
>>>> (cell3
>>>> isn't right).
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <
>>>> paul@opscode.com
>>>> <mailto:paul@opscode.com>
>>>> <mailto:paul@opscode.com <mailto:paul@opscode.com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>>>> experience and
>>>> the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>>>> compared to MS
>>>> Office. I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use cases
>>>> and is
>>>> more than capable of handling what most users need, however
>>>> it's
>>>> interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>>>> macros the
>>>> rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look as
>>>> nice and
>>>> formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>>>> when you
>>>> open an xlsx). Microsoft has invested a lot of time,
>>>> money and
>>>> energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>>>> great (if
>>>> not their best) product. The heavy excel users I know that
>>>> don't
>>>> run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>>>>
>>>> As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>>>> community is
>>>> very bad at is learning from what others get right. You
>>>> might not
>>>> like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no way
>>>> due to
>>>> making some good products is disingenuous at best. If
>>>> people
>>>> genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage (which
>>>> is not of
>>>> any particular interest to me personally) the right
>>>> questions to ask
>>>> are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what they
>>>> get wrong.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
>>>> <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.**com <kitepilot@kitepilot.com>>
>>>> <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.__**com
>>>>
>>>> <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.**com <kitepilot@kitepilot.com>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>>>> moving to Linux.
>>>> Baaaad idea...
>>>> The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>>>> could not
>>>> keep up.
>>>> But it was not lack of features or limitations, it was
>>>> *STUPID*
>>>> (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the real
>>>> value
>>>> and/or recalculating wrong.
>>>> I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>>>> (unbelievable)
>>>> problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>>>> The guy is back to Excel...
>>>> What am I missing?
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