[libreoffice-users] Re: Gun fight at the LibO coral

> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Gun fight at the LibO coral
> From: timi@iafrica.com
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:01:33 +0200
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Bruce (Summit)
>
> Maybe you could come out of the woodwork one last time and attack my specific Impress
> problem...
>
> (a) It loses links between "interaction -play sound" and the MP 3 file.... annoying if you hv
> over 400 files linked and they all vanish without warning. No skin off your nose but a *****
> waste of my time.

Does this sound loss occur during creation of the presentation in the
native file format (odp)?

> (b) Impress can't convert to .xls without all icon to sound file links being removed/destroyed.

Can't understand the purpose of using impress to created a spreadsheet
file? Would be more interesting to know if audio data is lost when
impress is saved as calc file. Does this occur?

> Hopeless as a business tool (at least under XP system). May shock you but many people
> world wide use MS powerpoint and some of us have to communicate.

If your customer/colleague using m$, continue to use m$ yourself. Only
consider to use LO if your recipient is equally willing to try LO as
well. No point sending content in DVD if your recipient is able to
view only CD-ROM...

> With all your apparent background surely you could encourage someone to stick a filter into
> the forum that diverts un-subscribe to somewhere else...

Not a forum, but a mailing list; anyway, suggest using digest-mode subscription.

> Service delivery is why people get attracted to products...... or is that simply old fashioned?
>
> If I understand you, you are basically saying that if something is "freeware" such as LibO then
> don't bitch if it screws up.......... fine if it were a file converter or something but when you 
> enter
> the commerical world (office products) then be prepared for "trades description" issues..

This is weak; conversely, you should be writing to m$ to complain that
m$ word is unable to open an open document format file without data
loss, as an example.

> There are many websites promoting Impress as an alternative to powerpoint.... if so then
> ensure that statement is correct and that Impress can give powerpoint a good hiding which I
> for one would support and even pay for if it was better.... I said if!
>
> I am at risk of abusing this forum as this type of discussion should be somewhere else.....
> maybe re-direct and we can get to the bottom of this... unless you've gone back into the
> woodwork...
>
> BTW I do pay MS their licence fee's... I'd also pay for Impress if it were capable of giving me
> a GUI free presenter and didn't lose interactive links.

Not sure what a gui-free presenter is but maybe try LaTeX beamer class?

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