Re: [libreoffice-users] Connectors in draw.

Hi :)
Most of LibreOffice is the core shared stuff.  The different
modules/programs are effectively, mostly "window dressing".  So even if you
do manage it then you'd save a very tiny percentage of space and
resources.


If you want a dedicated spreadsheet program then Gnumeric is good and
co-operates well with LibreOffice;
http://www.gnumeric.org/
It's so good that apparently quite a lot of people have it alongside an
office suite such as MSO, LibreOffice or OpenOffice (and/or the others).
Sometimes it's better to have a specialist program that doesn't have to
worry about irrelevant features in other programs/modules.

Abiword is a good stand-alone word-processor.  I've not heard of people
having that in addition to an office suite though.  I have heard of people
using a full Desktop Publishing program such as Scribus alognside
LibreOffice even though Writer is more of a DTP than Word is.  Apparently
the output of Writer works well in Scribus.

There are many stand-alone presentation software programs out there that
are far better than Powerpoint / Impress, allegedly.  Similarly with Draw.

Most stand-alone programs have advantages and disadvantages compared to
their LibreOffice/OpenOffice or MSO equivalents.  For example Gimp doesn't
do scalar-vector graphics very well, Draw does.  Inkscape is great with
scalar vector graphics but is very unusual and quite a steeeep learning
curve at first, whereas Draw is fairly easy.


It's only MS Office that doesn't play well with others.
LibreOffice/OpenOffice do not aim to block out the rest of the world.  They
aim to co-operate and work well with a whole eco-system that includes a
wide range of other programs.

A classic example is email-clients.  With MS Office you are restricted to
really only using either Outlook or Outlook Express.  With LibreOffice you
find it integrates well with many other emailers, such as Evolution,
Thunderbird, Claws or many others.  On a low spec machine you might prefer
Claws but if your needs are heftier you might prefer Thunderbird.  Most
people seem to default to Thunderbird but the choice is yours and you can
change your mind and use something else later, or on a different machine.

Regards from
Tom :)



On 22 October 2014 18:48, Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sreeraj
> Le 22/10/2014 19:42, sreeraj c a écrit :
> > Hi, How can I build only the Calc part of LibreOffice. What are the
> changes
> > I need to make in the makefile?
>
> You question would have more answers on the developers list. However,
> depending on what you want to do, if it's just for having the Calc
> module to work with, it won't be possible, modules are interdependent.
> Kind regards
> Sophie
>
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