Re: [libreoffice-users] ot:Artha

On 02/24/2012 02:13 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> When you see a word with a red-wriggly line under it then right-click on it and near the bottom of the menu is "Add to dictionary".  It works in Windows and Gnu&LInux but Mac probably has an equivalent. 
>
> If you run the spell-check on the entire document then when your name gets picked-on as being a mis-spelling the "Add to dictionary" button is in the lower half of the pop-up dialogue-box.  I think "Ok" and "Cancel" are at the top but look lower down. 
>
> Either way is good. 
>
> Word-perfect is good apparently.  It's been a couple of decades since i last used it but i used to 
> really like it.  Just out of curiosity do you save documents in
> 1. Wp formats and if so can MS Office 2010 read them happily?
> 2. Odf formats, any problems?
> 3. MS formats that everyone can read?  Do they work?  Do you use the older Doc rather than DocX?
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
OK on the spell-check word addition.  Some  things I like about WP:  It 
does quotation marks, both single and double,  apostrophies, inch-marks 
and foot-marks just about perfectly.  It can read and write almost any 
format. It has a quick way to get to all kinds of
symbols and foreign characters, quite a bit beyond what you can get with 
a Compose key or AllChars. I wish Corel would once
again sell a Linux version--the original one cannot be loaded onto a 
modern Linux system.

To answer the question:  If I am writing  to send on the Internet, I use 
MS .doc format.  If I am writing for my own purposes,
for example, to write a letter that will go in snail-mail, I usually use 
the WP format.  I never use .odf; I believe that you should use
formats that other people besides Linux-users can read.  I wish .odf 
would just go away; there;s no need for it.

--doug

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