Re: [libreoffice-users] Un-Impressed

Hi :)

Obviously to do a presentation in front of people it might often be possible to 

1.  install Ubuntu or something to an 8Gb Usb-stick as a proper install not as a 
LiveUsb.  Then various programs and files would be your familiar desktop 
where-ever you are.  I do this.  



or 


2.  install LibreOffice to a usb-stick using the Portable Apps install and then 
be able to access those apps on any Windows machine (in theory).

However there are always possible problems.  Some machines have their boot-order 
locked so that option 1 doesn't work.  Sometimes hardware doesn't work straight 
away so it might take quite some effort to find the drivers for a particular 
projector if a venue doesn't like you using your own (assuming it is possible to 
take your own) and that can make option 1 and 2 difficult.  


All this assumes that you are doing the presentation.  However, you might need 
to work with other people to develop parts of the presentation or you might need 
to send people the complete presentation for them to run in a format they can 
use.  


Timi has sometimes said xls where he clearly means ppt which has caused some 
confusion where people have been more keen on finding a way of criticising  
someone rather than trying to help.  


My advice to Timi has to be to stick to PowerPoint because clearly Impress is 
not ready and the LibreOffice Community is also not ready to help people with 
it.  Writer is good and Calc is ok but Base is tricky and Impress is unusable.  

Regards from
Tom :)



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From: "timi@iafrica.com" <timi@iafrica.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 30 April, 2011 9:13:27
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Un-Impressed

Bruce,

Thanks for advice about backing -up... I do! I can go to a backed up copy of 
Impress 

presentation with all 400 links present.... close the program and reload and 25% 
chance all 

links have vanished.

Go back and load backup copy.... links ok then sometimes on save/close and 
subsequent re-
open all links gone.

The risk is immediate and instant... all you need to do is save your current 
file.

The absolute risk is standing up in front of a few important customers .. start 
presentation.... 

no sound... links vanish.

I am not able to indentify as to what triggers this wipe out.... if I open each 
"interaction play 

sound" links then the path is displayed and is correct. The link however is 
dead. As I've said 

before to refresh the link you can't copy and paste as it does not restore the 
link. The only 

way to refresh the link is to re-browse the path and click OK then the link is 
restored.

Surely there's someone in LibO team who could recognise these symptoms? I mean 
what 

activity can access the links to reset them or somehow invalidate them?

I even wondered if when I defrag my drives I could somehow upset the 
pathways....

I'm sure someone will say it's XP's problem (which may well be true). I asked a 
linux wizz to 

run the presentation on Ubuntu and so far the links are stable. Minor problem my 
customers 

are all MS.

Same problem also occurs under Win7 environment.

The second problem is if you attempt to convert from impress odp to xls and them 
open in 

MS all the text and pictures are ok but the audio links non-existant. I can only 
think the 

"interaction - play sound" function in Impress is different to MS and hence the 
loss.

BTW if we all adopted the attitude of never trying new systems and just be 
content with MS 

then as a race we deserve to die out.

I still want to persevere with Impress because of it's interface.... I cannot 
manage the 

retarded GUI of current powerpoint.

unimpressed Impress user




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