Re: [PLUG] multi-user staroffice

[Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>]

You guys should join the OOo discuss group.

OO 1.0/SO 6.0 will do a lot more than SO 5.2 did in regard to the word
processing.  They dropped some of the componants like desktop/start
bar/email/schedule, but the componants they kept are vastly improved.

 -- noah silva 

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:

> On Friday 14 June 2002 10:27 am, Michael Leone wrote:
> > On 14 Jun 2002 at 9:34, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > > On Friday 14 June 2002 08:38 am, Michael Leone wrote:
> > > > I've used OpenOffice on Windows. It can open Word docs. However,
> > > > when you save the same file back in Word format (to share with
> > > > others), it completely screws up some of the formatting -
> > > > specifically, bulleted/numbered lists, and tab settings.
> > >
> > > These might be adjustable, before the fact, minimizing the damage. 
> > > I
> >
> > Never happen. No one is going to go back to existing docs, that work
> > fine with the majority of user's software, just to adjust some
> > settings for some minority user's software that can't re-save a
> > document correctly.
> 
> I understand.  I'm in a small enviornment (max 4 users).  That said, I 
> also was suggest your OO preferences to possibly minimize 
> incompatibility.
> 
> 
> >
> > (These aren't complicated docs, with custom styles, etc. I could
> > understand a bit of bother with those. These are simple bulleted
> > lists - bulleted lists aren't exactly an advanced word processing
> > thing; many users use them)
> 
> I've found that the problem with translating bulleted docs is the 
> result of font and character set compatibility.  Try setting OO to use 
> the windows bullets and see if that works.
> 
> I confess, that I am giving this advice based on my experience with SO 
> 5.2 and Word 97.  I just downloaded OO 1.0.  I am making the 
> presumption that OO will do at least what SO did.  Could be wrong.  
> Anyway, I was able to make it work with SO 5.2 and Winword 97.
> 
> 
> 
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