Re: [libreoffice-users] Positive result & story to share

Again, do you mind if I quote? I'm a journalist, and I cover Free Software.

Wayne


On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Steve Edmonds
<steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>wrote:

> This case is probably not alone.
> My daughter sent her homework home from school as a .docx from MSO 2010.
> It opened terribly on her MSO starter 2010 version at home, hardly
> repairable.
> It opened better in LO and could be repaired, completed and sent back.
> steve
>
> On 2011-04-18 12:53, Wayne Borean wrote:
> > Can I quote this story for an article?
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM, bunk3m <bunk3m@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Normally the list is about problems and solutions.
> > >
> > > So I wanted to share something with everyone that is positive.
> > >
> > > My son has a school supplied laptop that only has MS Office (XP).  It is
> > > locked down so tight that we can't install anything onto it.
> > >
> > > He prepared his Powerpoint presentation (in .ppt), put it on a USB key
> > > and took it to school.
> > >
> > > But it wouldn't load on the PC at school running MS Office 2007.  :-(
> > >
> > > It also wouldn't open on my Mac running Office 2011.  :-(
> > > I tried Office 2011 because I thought the MS formats would be
> > > compatible.  Wrong.
> > >
> > > I use Libreoffice more than Office so I thought we would try it.  (I
> > > also test the betas)
> > >
> > > The presentation opened without any problem.  We saved it to PDF so he
> > > could take it to school.  The pdf worked OK.
> > >
> > > So all you developers, be pleased with your work!  It is getting better
> > > and better.  In many cases, I now see it is better than MS Office!
> > > Congratulations!
> > >
> > > A win for Libreoffice!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
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