Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

Hi :)
Ahh, i didn't think they mentioned specific Extensions and their usage.  I htought they only 
covered the core functionality.  
Thanks Anne!
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 23:55
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO
>
>
>        I've tried a couple of times - whenever I've wanted to figure out
> what add-on was included vs. what wasn't ...
>           it was like reading in circles ... such 'n such is for such 'n
> such but not needed if ... ... ...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi :)
> > Has anyone read the Published Guides for LibreOffice?  or used them to
> > look up the odd thing or few?  They are kinda ok aren't they?
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 20:21
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO
> > alternative is not LO
> > > On 06/10/2013 02:14 PM, les wrote:
> > >
> > > /snip/
> > >   I go to the dealer's parts counter and order the factory shop
> > > > > manual for correct maintenance and understanding of what is "under the
> > > > > hood".  When I did so for the Prius, the parts counter guy recommended
> > > > > not, saying the shop manual is intricately tied to the shop diagnostic
> > > > > computer system ($$$$$) and by itself, is not very helpful.  So, i
> > saved
> > > > > $100+ for the first time in my shadetree-mechanic career and, also for
> > > > > the first time in my decades of car-ownership, take it to the dealer
> > for
> > > > > maintenance.
> > > > > Girvin Herr
> > > > Also most mechanics are used to pure gasoline or diesel engines.  I
> > > > think many of them inherently distrust the electronics, so it has been a
> > > > real uphill battle for them to port some of their existing knowledge to
> > > > these new systems.
> > > /snip/
> > >
> > > I don't know, but I would be willing to bet large sums that the manual
> > > that goes with the computer diagnostics is far easier to read and
> > > understand than anything written for diagnostics or setup of an
> > > actual computer! (Still waiting for a networking treatise written in
> > > humanly understood terms! Just for the home user, not for someone
> > > setting up an IBM facility!)
> > >
> > > --doug
>
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