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What should be a simple Question
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
PowerPoint) that I need.
This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If not,
there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they can
be read.
I hope the answer is yes, .
James Flikkema
portable@twc.com
Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Hagar Delest <de...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
The answer is yes.
You may suffer small glitches with formatting with text documents but basically there should not be much troubles.
Note that for Outlook, you need something else. There are application available on the net for .pst file I think.
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Hagar
Le 17/12/2016 20:52, James Flikkema a crit :
> Dear Sir or Madam:
>
>
>
> I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
> PowerPoint) that I need.
>
>
>
> This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If not,
> there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they can
> be read.
>
>
>
> I hope the answer is yes, .
>
>
>
> James Flikkema
>
> portable@twc.com
>
>
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Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Walter Fisher <wa...@usnx.net>.
YES
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Subject: What should be a simple Question
> Dear Sir or Madam:
>
>
>
> I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
> PowerPoint) that I need.
>
>
>
> This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If not,
> there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they
> can
> be read.
>
>
>
> I hope the answer is yes, .
>
>
>
> James Flikkema
>
> portable@twc.com
>
>
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Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
On 19/12/16 4:05 PM, Rochelle wrote:
> Please report back to us your experiences on LibreOffice.. Is it compatible
> with your old AOO files and MS docs?. I've heard somewhere AOO is no longer
> being supported, and that's the reason why bugs and fixes are not being
> developed.
Please stop spreading rumors unless you have verified that they are true.
>
> As long as there are no compatibility issues, I'm ready for the leap too.
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:26 PM Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is
>> basically "Yes".
>>
>> I am going to espouse heresy here.
>>
>> I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable
>> alternative to the Micro$loth product.
>>
>> Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not fixed;
>> too many problems ignored. (The user profile / dictionaries /. spell check
>> being only the most common one.) Its a result of too few volunteer
>> developers. I don't have those development skills, so I can't help with
>> those issues. I am a tool user, not a tool builder. I think I have
>> found a tool which suits my needs better, that being LibreOffice. I am
>> in the process of running both suites in parallel and think that I will be
>> eliminating OO sometime after the New Year.
>>
>> Libre Office is available at:
>>
>> www.libreoffice.org
>>
>> LibreOffice is the same price as OpenOffice, i.e. free.
>>
>> I have no economic or proprietary interest in either OpenOffice or
>> LibreOffice. Just a fellow looking for a better tool.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:52 AM, James Flikkema <po...@twc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sir or Madam:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
>>> alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
>>> PowerPoint) that I need.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If
>> not,
>>> there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they
>> can
>>> be read.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope the answer is yes, .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> James Flikkema
>>>
>>> portable@twc.com
>>>
>>>
Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com>.
The donation is optional - the message you saw about it is displayed while
the download is in progress, look in the directory you usually use for
downloads to find the installer.
I recommend you visit http://ask.libreoffice.org for help though, rather
than responding here.
S.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Colby Menning <co...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I cannot get LibreOffice to download from their website - demand donation
> and I want to see the damn thing work.
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Rochelle <rh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Please report back to us your experiences on LibreOffice.. Is it
> compatible
> > with your old AOO files and MS docs?. I've heard somewhere AOO is no
> longer
> > being supported, and that's the reason why bugs and fixes are not being
> > developed.
> >
> > As long as there are no compatibility issues, I'm ready for the leap too.
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:26 PM Jim McLaughlin <
> jjim.mclaughlin@gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is
> > > basically "Yes".
> > >
> > > I am going to espouse heresy here.
> > >
> > > I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable
> > > alternative to the Micro$loth product.
> > >
> > > Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not
> > fixed;
> > > too many problems ignored. (The user profile / dictionaries /. spell
> > check
> > > being only the most common one.) Its a result of too few volunteer
> > > developers. I don't have those development skills, so I can't help
> with
> > > those issues. I am a tool user, not a tool builder. I think I have
> > > found a tool which suits my needs better, that being LibreOffice. I
> am
> > > in the process of running both suites in parallel and think that I will
> > be
> > > eliminating OO sometime after the New Year.
> > >
> > > Libre Office is available at:
> > >
> > > www.libreoffice.org
> > >
> > > LibreOffice is the same price as OpenOffice, i.e. free.
> > >
> > > I have no economic or proprietary interest in either OpenOffice or
> > > LibreOffice. Just a fellow looking for a better tool.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:52 AM, James Flikkema <po...@twc.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Sir or Madam:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> > > > alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel,
> Outlook,
> > > > PowerPoint) that I need.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If
> > > not,
> > > > there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so
> they
> > > can
> > > > be read.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I hope the answer is yes, .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > James Flikkema
> > > >
> > > > portable@twc.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > --
> > Sent from Rochelle Gmail Mobile
> >
>
Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Colby Menning <co...@gmail.com>.
I cannot get LibreOffice to download from their website - demand donation
and I want to see the damn thing work.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Rochelle <rh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please report back to us your experiences on LibreOffice.. Is it compatible
> with your old AOO files and MS docs?. I've heard somewhere AOO is no longer
> being supported, and that's the reason why bugs and fixes are not being
> developed.
>
> As long as there are no compatibility issues, I'm ready for the leap too.
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:26 PM Jim McLaughlin <jjim.mclaughlin@gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is
> > basically "Yes".
> >
> > I am going to espouse heresy here.
> >
> > I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable
> > alternative to the Micro$loth product.
> >
> > Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not
> fixed;
> > too many problems ignored. (The user profile / dictionaries /. spell
> check
> > being only the most common one.) Its a result of too few volunteer
> > developers. I don't have those development skills, so I can't help with
> > those issues. I am a tool user, not a tool builder. I think I have
> > found a tool which suits my needs better, that being LibreOffice. I am
> > in the process of running both suites in parallel and think that I will
> be
> > eliminating OO sometime after the New Year.
> >
> > Libre Office is available at:
> >
> > www.libreoffice.org
> >
> > LibreOffice is the same price as OpenOffice, i.e. free.
> >
> > I have no economic or proprietary interest in either OpenOffice or
> > LibreOffice. Just a fellow looking for a better tool.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:52 AM, James Flikkema <po...@twc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Sir or Madam:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> > > alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
> > > PowerPoint) that I need.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If
> > not,
> > > there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they
> > can
> > > be read.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope the answer is yes, .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > James Flikkema
> > >
> > > portable@twc.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> --
> Sent from Rochelle Gmail Mobile
>
Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>.
At 05:05 19/12/2016 +0000, Rochelle Noname wrote:
>I've heard somewhere AOO is no longer being supported, and that's
>the reason why bugs and fixes are not being developed.
So how, please, do you explain:
o https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Product_Release . Is 12 October
2016 not recent enough for you? LibreOffice happens to be twenty-two
days younger; is that so different?
o https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.3+Release+Notes
(Actually, I hope that bugs are *not* being developed!)
Brian Barker
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Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Rochelle <rh...@gmail.com>.
Please report back to us your experiences on LibreOffice.. Is it compatible
with your old AOO files and MS docs?. I've heard somewhere AOO is no longer
being supported, and that's the reason why bugs and fixes are not being
developed.
As long as there are no compatibility issues, I'm ready for the leap too.
On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:26 PM Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is
> basically "Yes".
>
> I am going to espouse heresy here.
>
> I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable
> alternative to the Micro$loth product.
>
> Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not fixed;
> too many problems ignored. (The user profile / dictionaries /. spell check
> being only the most common one.) Its a result of too few volunteer
> developers. I don't have those development skills, so I can't help with
> those issues. I am a tool user, not a tool builder. I think I have
> found a tool which suits my needs better, that being LibreOffice. I am
> in the process of running both suites in parallel and think that I will be
> eliminating OO sometime after the New Year.
>
> Libre Office is available at:
>
> www.libreoffice.org
>
> LibreOffice is the same price as OpenOffice, i.e. free.
>
> I have no economic or proprietary interest in either OpenOffice or
> LibreOffice. Just a fellow looking for a better tool.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:52 AM, James Flikkema <po...@twc.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Sir or Madam:
> >
> >
> >
> > I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> > alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
> > PowerPoint) that I need.
> >
> >
> >
> > This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If
> not,
> > there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they
> can
> > be read.
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope the answer is yes, .
> >
> >
> >
> > James Flikkema
> >
> > portable@twc.com
> >
> >
>
--
Sent from Rochelle Gmail Mobile
Re: What should be a simple Question
Posted by Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com>.
As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is
basically "Yes".
I am going to espouse heresy here.
I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable
alternative to the Micro$loth product.
Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not fixed;
too many problems ignored. (The user profile / dictionaries /. spell check
being only the most common one.) Its a result of too few volunteer
developers. I don't have those development skills, so I can't help with
those issues. I am a tool user, not a tool builder. I think I have
found a tool which suits my needs better, that being LibreOffice. I am
in the process of running both suites in parallel and think that I will be
eliminating OO sometime after the New Year.
Libre Office is available at:
www.libreoffice.org
LibreOffice is the same price as OpenOffice, i.e. free.
I have no economic or proprietary interest in either OpenOffice or
LibreOffice. Just a fellow looking for a better tool.
On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:52 AM, James Flikkema <po...@twc.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam:
>
>
>
> I am getting tired of MS Office, and OO appears to be a possible
> alternative, However. I have years of documents (Word, Excel, Outlook,
> PowerPoint) that I need.
>
>
>
> This should be a simple question, Will OO read Office 2010 files? If not,
> there is no way I can dump thousands of documents to .txt files so they can
> be read.
>
>
>
> I hope the answer is yes, .
>
>
>
> James Flikkema
>
> portable@twc.com
>
>