Re: [SLE] HELP please

From: Maura Edelweiss Monville (memonvil_at_artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: 10/15/05

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To: bernd@koepsell.us

    I've used OO a lot of times and also StarOffice which ia equivalent.
    I've used these packages on SuSE 9.1
    I know they both have a ppt output but out of that ppt output only the
    text is kept the same when loaded by PowerPoint.
    I have plenty of math expression that use greek symbols. Those are
    completely screwed up.

    I do hope OO has been improved , made more compatible with MS Office
    in SuSE9.3.

    Sine I'vespent the whole night and 1/2 of today trying to make CrossOver
    install MS Office XP, following Mr.White's guidelines (he is
    CodeWeavers staff), and have made no progress whatsoever, I'm prone to
    dispose of CrossOver and five the new OO a try.

    To this purpose I would appreciate if someone could help me figure out
    how to get all the infor about the page size, font type and size, symbols
    matrix etc ... out of PowerPoint. Then I'll try to force the same setup
    on OO .. assuming it's easy to do ..

    Where can I download the MS fonts ?
    How shall I install on OO ? I mean how can I get OO using the downloaded
    fonts ?
    Is the OO coming with SuSE 9.3 the latest version or shall I upgrade it
    ? If this iis the case, how can I updgrade it ?

    Thank you so much.
    Regards,
    maura

    Bernd wrote:

    >On Saturday 15 October 2005 02:36, Andre Truter wrote:
    >
    >
    >>On 10/15/05, Bernd <bernd@koepsell.us> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Andre, Maura,
    >>>
    >>>If your page settings are the same between work and home (i.e. margins,
    >>>tabs, page size, grid resolution and subdivisions and snap, etc.), and
    >>>you are using common fonts and standard non-custom colors, your layouts
    >>>should be the same no matter where you view, edit, or present that file.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>The problem would be easier if you started out the presentation in OOo
    >>and used all standard components, but the problem is if you are part
    >>of a 10 person workgroup that collaborate on a presentation and the
    >>other 9 have MS Office and no clue about OOo and standards, etc.
    >>
    >>Now, try to convince them to only use standard fonts, etc, just so
    >>that one person can use OOo. Thy will probably just ignore you and a
    >>lot of people won't even know how to configure PowerPoint to use
    >>different fonts and settings.
    >>
    >>You cannot expect the whole group to customise thier PowerPoint just
    >>so that one person can use OOo. They will just tell you to get MS
    >>Office like they do.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >That's why I suggested finding out what others are using in PowerPoint
    >=First=, then making necessary adjustments in OOo. The other 9 people are
    >more than likely not going to individually go out, one finding font #127 at
    >fonts-r-us, another getting font #1512 at the-joy-of-fonts.com, etc.
    >Doubtful that one of the nine is going to have their page margins set at
    >2.325, and another at 1.70. It -is- a collaberation, and therefore they all
    >have to agree on the layout. When I said common fonts, I meant fonts that
    >are in common with the others working on the project. If the 9 like
    >Trebuchet, then Maura needs to use that font, not Vivaldi Script. If she
    >doesn't have it, a ton of Microsoft fonts are available for download through
    >Yast Online Update, as well as other places.
    >
    >If it takes her 20 minutes to initially find out what the others have for
    >their layout and quickly make those changes in OpenOffice Impress, with a
    >question here and there along the way, it might be worth it to stick with
    >OOo. Another option is to dump linux altogether, purchase the exact same
    >versions of MS Windows and MS Office as all of the others, spending the
    >countless dollars and hours to do so.
    >
    >Maura, don't shy away from using OpenOffice too soon. If you truly need to
    >collaberate with Microsoft users in creating documents on an ongoing basis,
    >then creating a dual boot system might be the best way to go. That way, you
    >can use MS right away, and learn how to make your linux programs work with MS
    >documents over time.
    >
    >Good Luck!
    >
    >Bernd
    >
    >
    >

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