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From: Snit on 10 Jan 2010 13:52 Rick stated in post 5eqdnZk-_6E3vdfWnZ2dnUVZ_uli4p2d(a)supernews.com on 1/10/10 11:47 AM: .... >> You mangled my text and yours there. But, yes, they are about equal in >> their compatibility with MS Office, though Pages does offer the benefit >> of telling you where there were incompatibilities. >> >>> It was a question, even though I left off the question mark by mistake. >> >> What an odd question! The only way I can even see where you would have >> such a thought is if you believed MS Office compatibility was the only >> requirement for "serious work"! > > Your words: "Not good enough for serious work...", hence the question. Already established that you missed the context. No big deal - below I give you more detail to help you understand. >> Neither is good enough for an environment where you need to be able to >> reliably read and write MS Office files - at least not as the tool to do >> so! I use Pages for a number of things where it is better than MS >> Office... but I also use MS Office for working with MS Office files (and >> for other purposes). Each has benefits. >> >> Same can be said of OpenOffice, though since it is very much made to be >> a copy of MS Office, its benefits compared to MS Office are limited in >> ways Pages are not. Still, it handles different file formats than MS >> Office and presumably has other benefits. I admit - I cannot think of >> any off hand... can you? Serious question: what intrinsic benefits do >> you think OpenOffice has over MS Office? I can list some of Pages if you >> like. > > As you said, it does read/write different formats. In addition, I don't > have to worry about licensing issues. The cost is much less. It ranges > from $0 to whatever I want to send them. And, I consider the fact that I > am not supporting Microsft a benefit. Ok, so file format is the only intrinsic reason you can think of - at least off hand. >>> You said:"I use Apple's Pages quite to that of OO. Not good enough for >>> serious work...". Notice the "Not good enough for serious work...". >>> Are, or are you not saying Pages is not good enough for serious work? >> >> Ah, you missed the context. OK. >> >>>>> OpenOffice is. >>>> >>>> In your opinion. >>> >>> Is it your opinion that the organizations listed in the following link >>> do not do serious work? >>> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ >>> Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments> >> >> Herd mentality. > > There is absolutely no use in trying to have a rational discussion with > you. In your opinion. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]
From: Snit on 10 Jan 2010 14:15 Phil Stovell stated in post pan.2010.01.10.19.05.37.570753(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk on 1/10/10 12:05 PM: >> You DID claim that OO works fine with all Office docs. Which makes you >> ignorant of reality, stupid or a liar. >> >> Which is it? > > It doesn't even work in other Microsoft products! So, to view a MS Word > document, you MUST have MS Word installed! > > ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Yes, the best way to work with MS Word files is to use MS Word. Neither OpenOffice, Pages nor any other tool I know handles them well. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]
From: Baron on 10 Jan 2010 14:20 Tony Houghton Inscribed thus: > In <50DCF36114%news(a)youmustbejoking.demon.cu.invalid>, > Darren Salt <news(a)youmustbejoking.demon.cu.invalid> wrote: > >> I demand that Baron may or may not have written... >> >> [snip] >>> Looking forward to the new "ARM based tablets"... >> >> Me too. Would be nice to have _new_ ARM-based desktop boxes too... > > Personally I'd like an ARM netbook so it can have decent battery life > without being heavy. Unfortunately they seem to be targetting > something significantly smaller than a netbook, whereas I'd want > something a teensy bit bigger if anything. A 1024x600 desktop is too > small, but I can live with 1280x800 or 1366x768 on a portable. At less than £160, I won't complain ! At least Wincrap won't run on it. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Phil Stovell on 10 Jan 2010 14:24 On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:15:49 -0700, Snit wrote: > Phil Stovell stated in post > pan.2010.01.10.19.05.37.570753(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk on 1/10/10 12:05 PM: > >>> You DID claim that OO works fine with all Office docs. Which makes you >>> ignorant of reality, stupid or a liar. >>> >>> Which is it? >> >> It doesn't even work in other Microsoft products! So, to view a MS Word >> document, you MUST have MS Word installed! >> >> ISO/IEC 26300:2006 > > Yes, the best way to work with MS Word files is to use MS Word. Neither > OpenOffice, Pages nor any other tool I know handles them well. It's a totally closed environment then. Proprietary software saving data to an open standards file (ODF) in a proprietary format (DOCX) that even other Microsoft software can't read.
From: Snit on 10 Jan 2010 14:32
§nühw€£f stated in post Xns9CFC7D4DBA780snuhwolfyahoocom(a)216.196.97.142 on 1/10/10 12:17 PM: >> It doesn't even work in other Microsoft products! So, to view a MS >> Word document, you MUST have MS Word installed! >> > > No, not really. you can use WinVi to look at word documents just > fine. it strips out the formatting but will display the text. Well, OS X has that capability (and more) by default. You can "QuickLook" attachments, for example, and have them look *largely* correct in most cases. -- [INSERT .SIG HERE] |