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

On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, e-letter wrote:

> On 01/03/2012, Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter 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.
> >
> > Are we being rude today ?
>
> No we are asking a sensible, direct question.

There is nothing sensible in spelling Microsoft as 'm$', being 
condescending to users and force your opinions on others.

We all like to have ODF as _the_ standard, and preferably everyone in the 
world is using LibreOffice (and for compatibility _only_ LibreOffice), but 
here is a reality check: the world is not nearly there...

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-- dag wieers, dag@wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/
-- dagit linux solutions, info@dagit.net, http://dagit.net/

[Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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