Tom,
I absolutely agree. It never occurred to me to use the Paths function to point both programs to the
same template folder. It’s a great idea.
I was only concerned about corruption as I’ve seen that issue come up so many times on both LO and
AOO user lists, although I’ve never had the problem with mine before.
Virgil
From: Tom Davies
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:09 PM
To: VA ; users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites
Hi :)
It might be easier to keep track of your back-ups if you are only backing up 1 folder rather than 2.
Regards from
Tom :)
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From: VA <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 0:36
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites
Tom,
Thanks for the tip.
But, don't I run the risk of having one or both programs corrupting my user
configuration?
Virgil
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Davies
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 6:40 PM
To: RODRIGUEZ FONSECA JORGE ALBERTO ; VA
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites
Hi :)
Perhaps try this in either Office Suite
Tools - Options - Paths
and set them both to read the same folders. That way all your settings
should be the same regardless of which program you happen to have open at
the time. I'm considering using that sort of approach to make the Gnu&Linux
side of dual boots read the same settings as the WIndows side but i have a
lot of other things to figure out first.
Regards from
Tom :)
>________________________________
> From: RODRIGUEZ FONSECA JORGE ALBERTO <jrodriguez17@cpcecr.com>
>To: VA <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
>Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
>Sent: Monday, 10 December 2012, 22:53
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites
>
>+1 agree
>
>----- Mensaje original -----
>De: "VA" <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
>Para: users@global.libreoffice.org
>Enviados: Lunes, 10 de Diciembre 2012 16:28:35
>Asunto: [libreoffice-users] A Tale of Two Office Suites
>
>I may be way out of line here, but I’m sending this post to the user lists
>for both LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. I have both programs on my
>computer and regularly use both. Like many of you out there, I have
>subscribed to both user lists.
>
>I don’t know the full history behind the Libre/Oracle split, but from what
>I
>have read on various forums and lists, there is considerable emotional pain
>resulting from the split. The result is two different FOSS office suites.
>
>Some have pleaded for the two to combine forces. Others have noted that the
>competition is good for the end user as it results in more rapid
>development
>of improvements to both suites.
>
>I see both sides, but I’d like to point out one thing I have noticed in my
>own use of the two programs. Some computer programs are what I would call
>“load and use.” Programs like web browsers and mail clients, etc., require
>little to no configuration or customization. One can simply do productive
>use without much thought. I can easily bounce back and forth between
>Internet Explorer and Firefox, Live Mail and Thunderbird.
>
>Not so with office suites. To get the most out of my office suites, I
>create
>and edit templates, page, character and paragraph styles. I have to set the
>autocorrect functions of each program to my liking to prevent a (c) from
>turning into a ©. While it’s not essential, I tend to customize my
>toolbars
>and have created helpful macros. Effectively using an office suite requires
>a commitment akin to a marriage.
>
>For this reason, bouncing back and forth between two suites is
>counterproductive. I find myself importing and exporting settings, styles,
>and templates between the two programs rather than simply doing my work.
>
>Why do I put up with this inconvenience? Because each program has essential
>virtues over the other.
>
>For example, if I need to properly hyphenate my US English, I use
>LibreOffice as (to date), OpenOffice fails to properly hyphenate US
>English.
>
>But, if I need to create mailing lists, as I just did for Christmas cards,
>I
>use OpenOffice as its Avery 5160 template is more properly aligned than
>that
>found in LibreOffice.
>
>LibreOffice remembers my hierarchical stylelist setting, whereas OpenOffice
>does not, but OpenOffice more effectively supports the advanced Graphite
>features of the Linux Libertine font.
>
>So, depending on my specific needs, I bounce back and forth. I’m sure many
>would suggest that I help out by reporting bugs. I have done so, but even I
>get lost keeping track of the bugs of each program that I am most
>interested
>in following.
>
>I suspect this situation will only get worse as each program develops
>features that will be lacking in the other. And, while I’m not a developer,
>my guess is that both programs are so complex that keeping up with each
>other will become an increasingly elusive effort. And, the time will come
>when decisions will be made NOT to implement features found in the other
>program.
>
>I truly like the motivation generated with competition, and sometimes
>having
>multiple programs on my computer to meet specialized needs can be helpful.
>But, in the world of office suites, where user commitment is essential to
>effective use, it would be very helpful to us end users if TDF and Apache
>could somehow overcome their differences and join forces to give us one
>glorious office suites rather than two almost glorious office suites.
>
>These are just my thoughts.
>
>I’d be curious as to how many others are using both programs because of
>advantages of each over the other.
>
>Virgil
>
>
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