Re: [OT]<F6>[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

Good morning, Jonathon,


> On 02/04/2011 08:17 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
>
> > I'm going to write my comments in blue.
>
> What does blue sound like?

Just to be a "smarta**" this morning, I'm going to say it sounds like New
Orleans Jazz, where people often "sing the blues".   LOL


> > I don't know if the colour will be be retained as the message goes
> through the system,
>
> The only safe assumption that can be made, is that most of the content
> of a message will be delivered.
>
> Depending upon the recipient's setup, both presentation markup and
> content markup can be, and usually is completely obliterated and destroyed.

I wasn't making any assumptions, but I did want to know what would happen to
the color formatting.  In my case, when the mailing list returned my message
to me, the color was retained.  That would lead me to believer the options
would be good that if I used other formatting commands available to me, that
would also be retained.

As no one has mentioned it, I do not know if any other reader saw blue
text.  So, I have absolutely know idea if anyone other than myself sees blue
text.


> > following commands listed across the top of the reply window:  Code,
> List,
> > List=, Img, Table=, Aligntable=, etc.  When you click the button, the
> > formatting is essentially like using HTML.  I've always believed this
> just
> > to be a customized version/offshoot of HTML, if you will, and modified so
> it
> > doesn't interfere with regular HTML code.
>
> That is either BBCode, or sanitized HTML. It is used only for
> presentation markup. It is not required for content creation.

Agreed, it is not "required for content creation", but the use of formatting
tools leads to better comprehension and understanding of what a writer is
trying to convey.  That is why we need to use correct spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.

And no, I am *not* taking any issue of the posters on this list for whom
English is a second or third language.


> > I've used text smilies for years, yet I still don't know what all of the
> various text smilies or graphical smilies mean.
>
> Currently, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=text+smiley%27s seems to be broken.  :(
>
> A few years ago, I did a Google search on smilies, and learned that not all
> lists of smilies had the same definition for a particular smiley.  So I
> stick to just the basic ones.



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