On 3/25/2014 12:50 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 3/25/2014 8:51 AM, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
I suppose people can still build spreadsheets by inserting numbers into
cells and then pulling out their pocket calculators to add up the column
of numbers (I've seen my students do that).
This is so not even remotely reasonable analogy it really irks me.
Please don't be a smart ass.
Oh, the hazards of e-communication. You neither heard the tone of my
voice nor saw the twinkle of my eye. It was an (obviously unsuccessful)
attempt to illustrate by obvious exaggeration. Here in Ohio, it would
have gotten a chuckle. I did not mean to irk, so please forgive me.
I imagine that there are, indeed, legitimate reasons why someone would
want to control a master document through the sub-documents, but I would
strongly suggest that before going that route, the user completely
learns how to use the master documents the way they were designed. In
the process, they just might find what they're looking for. I can't tell
you the number of times I have found myself using LyX or Atlantis, or
some other program because I believed "it couldn't be done with LO."
Then after a little self-education, I find that it, indeed, *can* be
done with LO, and I just wasted a lot of time using another program.
My larger point, to which I still hold, is that far too many people do
not take full advantage of their computers. Now, you might say this is a
matter of personal preference, and so it is. But, in my profession
(law), if a client is paying his lawyer $200.00/hour to write a legal
brief, he'll save money if the lawyer learns how to fully use templates
and styles. I've watched lawyers spend hours (at $200 a crack) typing a
table of authorities, when MS Word or WordPerfect can automatically
generate one in minutes. So, in *some* instances, our personal
preferences *can* affect other people.
And, my second point was that people continue to use less effective
methods because office suites continue to make them available in their
attempts to be "one size fits all" programs. While I agree it is
necessary for them to remain marketable, I think it is unfortunate.
Virgil
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Context
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document (continued)
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document · Tom Davies
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document · Virgil Arrington
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document · Tanstaafl
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Document · Tom Davies
- [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Virgil Arrington
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Tanstaafl
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Tom Davies
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Virgil Arrington
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Tom Davies
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Tanstaafl
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Virgil Arrington
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Dale Erwin
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Dale Erwin
- Re: [libreoffice-users] Master Documents, Office Suites, and the Underwood · Virgil Arrington
- [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · rmg
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · Brad Rogers
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · rmg
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · Cley Faye
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · rmg
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · Cley Faye
- Re: [libreoffice-users] shutdown glitch · rmg
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