Re: [libreoffice-users] How many of you deal with the Linux Users Group [Facebook]?

On 30-4-2018 05:15, Tim-L wrote:
> On 04/29/2018 01:17 PM, Luuk wrote:
> > On 29-4-2018 17:23, James Knott wrote:
> > > On 04/29/2018 10:23 AM, Tim-L wrote:
> > > > There was a question in it about wondering how to get the users of
> > > > Linux to save LibreOffice files to Microsoft Word formats.
> > > Why would we want to, unless we had to?  The whole point of the Open
> > > Document formats was to be a non proprietary method that anyone can
> > > use.  Unlike MS formats, ODF is fully open.  Perhaps you should go to a
> > > site called Groklaw and read about all the nonsense with MS forcing
> > > their new spec through ISO, to make it a standard, when even their own
> > > implementation didn't comply with it.
> > >
> > >
> > > I use ODF formats unless I have a need to use MS, such as uploading
> > > documents to a web site that does not accept ODF.
> > You did forget to ask Tim-L what Facebook has to do with this problem
> > ...
> >
> > ;)
> I read a "question" about LibreOffice and then answered it.  From that
> last statement, it could seem to be a negative response of unfriendly
> people. I hope that is was meant as a joke.
>
>
> Who can afford to buy MS Office these days.
>
> So, if your kids need to write papers that require MS Office formats,
> then Open Document Formats will not do.  I know that over half of our
> local schools still have a MSO that did not even think about
> supporting a .odt document. So you either need to save it as DOC or
> DOCX to work with those computers.
>
> Why Facebook?  Well I was talking about using Linux for its security
> option of needing a Root Password to install packages. Just give the
> users Firefox, Skype, and LibreOffice.  Thats it. Then there was the
> comment about not remembering how to make sure the users defaulted to
> MSO formats, instead of trying to remember to save it to DOC/DOCX
> instead of ODT.
>
> You would not believe that info, and questions, that get on a Facebook
> Linux support group. One thread I am keep monitoring is what is the
> best distro of Linux and why.

You are trying to find a solution to a problem.
The problem is the wrong choice of the school ('only DOC or DOCX documents')
Try to solve the problem, and try not to find a work-around as solution.






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