Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

Hi :)
We successfully use MS Office alongside LibreOffice and it works out quite well.  

We tend to keep each document in one or the other rather than trying to convert the documents 
to-and-fro.  So, for out newsletter we use LO because it's better with graphics and seems happier 
with larger (byte-wise) documents.  Clients occasionally send us things in odf format.  
Unfortunately we have a couple of crucial documents with macros that were written for MSO 2010.  
Also people are wowed by the ribbon-bar and think that if something was that expensive and that 
much of a hassle to install then it must be great.  

So, we stick to having both because they each provide something useful that  the other doesn't.  

If you are having troubles in getting permissions to install LibreOffice on the other machine then 
perhaps try it as a portable app on a usb-stick
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable/
This allows you to customise LibreOffice and then just plug the usb-stick into any machine to use 
your customisations.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Tue, 28/2/12, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:

From: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 28 February, 2012, 16:51

On 28/02/2012, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins <roger@sawkins.name> wrote:
> > I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be
> > able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when
> > loading
> > Ppt in Presentation it does not always convert font and layout properly.
> > Occasional tabs or spaces are missing or duplicated; occasional text
> > boxes
> > have text outside the slide, etc.
>
> Your are wasting your time. Make a cost-benefit analysis and decide
> whether to use either LO or m$; do not bother trying to use both.

Sorry for the terrible English; should read: "You are..."
> >   Then when I then save the presentation as ppt it changes the font, for
> > example, from bold to basic and shows tabs or spaces (see above) as
> > missing.
>
> This is because m$ has no desire to use odf. To prove the point,
> create an odp (two versions, one odf11, another odf12) document using
> LO. Open the odp document using m$. Send details of the changes to the
> odp file that m$ causes, to m$ technical support. Tell us the results
> of your contact with m$.
>
> > Is there some way of ensuring that the conversions are consistent and
> > presentations can be switched back and forth?
>
> Never in a million years.

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