Re: [libreoffice-users] Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

Thank you very much for your help Tim!

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tim Deaton <tim@timdeaton.org> wrote:
> Yes, you would save to the .ppt format in BOTH programs.
>
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> On 7/28/2013 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote:
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> You said: "It's not clear to me what you mean by 'how to start or use
> Notes'."
>
> That's really the long and the short of it. My wife does not know how
> to start or to use Notes, period. So I really appreciate your giving
> me the links to the Documentation page -- including the Getting
> Started and Impress guides -- and to Chapter 8 which includes
> information about Notes.
>
> Also thank you for seconding Clarence's advice about saving the LibO
> Impress file as .ppt. (Do you also recommend saving it within
> PowerPoint as .ppt?)
>
> Jeff Deutsch
> Speaker & Life Coach
> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
> http://www.asplint.com
>
> "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
> Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst --
> http://www.MarionSpeaks.com
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Dave Barton <db@tasit.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Sorry you got a less than welcoming response to your question on the
> Apache list, but let's see what we can do to help you.
>
> My suggestions are given in-line with your original message.
>
> -------- Original Message  --------
> From: Jeffrey Deutsch <jdeutsch.asplint@gmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:49:03 -0400
>
> Hello,
>
> My wife is willing to consider converting to LibreOffice 4
> permanently. Here's her major issue, in two parts:
>
> (1) She does not know how to start or use Notes in LibO Impress (the
> presentation part).
>
> It's not clear to me what you mean by "how to start or use Notes".
> You will find it helpful to read the "Getting Started" and "User"
> guides, available from:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
> Specific information about Notes can be found in chapter 8 of the
> Impress User Guide:
> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/impress-guide/published-lo-4.0/ig4-0-ch8-adding-and-formatting-slides-notes-and-handouts/view
>
> (2) When she starts (and saves) Notes in PowerPoint, and then works on
> the presentation in LibO -- even if she does not touch the Notes while
> in LibO -- when she re-opens the presentation in PowerPoint the Notes
> are all fouled up every which way.
>
> When she uses LibO, it's version 4.0, on Windows 7 Home Premium, and
> she saves the file as PowerPoint 2007/2010 (.pptx). And she uses
> PowerPoint 2010, also on Windows (she thinks Windows 7 for Government
> but is not certain).
>
> Unfortunately, MS XML file formats are something of a moving target.
> Although there have been many improvements in LO/MS XML compatibility
> there is still work to be done.
>
> As previously suggested to you by Clarence M Weaver, try using the older
> ".ppt" format to move presentations between Powerpoint and Impress.
> Clarence & I have both tested this and it appears to be a reliable
> work-around.
>
> What does she need to do?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Jeff Deutsch
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dave

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