OT: OpenOffice Viewer ??

Magnifico!! Thanks! Works great!

...Jim Thompson

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I only use "earlier versions of Microslop's" ;-)

And the VisiOO-Writer suggestion from Stuart Brorson works delightfully, well written, and compact.

...Jim Thompson

No,

Install the whole thing. It works much better than the Microslop alternative. Further, it is much more compatible with earlier versions of Microslop's word files than the latest version of Microslop word.

-Chuck

Ah, c'mon. You had to know it was the OpenDocument format (that M$ will NEVER support). Microsoft Lashes out at Massachusetts IT Decision

Wait--I may have spoken too soon: Massachusetts Finalizes OpenDocument Standard Plan

In sci.electronics.cad Jim Thompson wrote: : Is there an OpenOffice file viewer available? I'd rather not have to : install the full product.

A quick Google search yeilds:

No garuantees -- I haven't tried it since I use the full-up version of OpenOffice!

Stuart

I read in alt.binaries.schematics.electronic that Pi wrote (in ) about 'OT: OpenOffice Viewer ??', on Tue, 27 Sep 2005:

That's odd: I didn't have any trouble, and some of my documents were converted long ago from WordPerfect for Windows 3. Maybe you had some fonts that weren't of a compatible format.

I recently installed Micro$oft word 2003. Couldn't read half of my own files anymore. Had to change fonts etc everywhere. Seems Word isn't compatible with Word.

When I must choose I use OpenOffice. I installed both, I need to read and change files others send to me, so I have to. It is possible with OpenOffice, but that may give incompatibilityproblems.

Pieter

I checked: in the original Word2000 it was CG Times, and that doc was created on another computer. When I open it in Word 2003 on this computer, that font is not in the list. And Word2003 displays that even can't be recognized as font, looks very strange. So I probably used a font that is not on this computer. Word should have saved the font in the document, the possibility is there but is standard off. Making Word docs incompatible with those on other computers.

You can't expect me to instruct everybody to use only certain fonts. Or to instruct them to change those settings, or keep a list of allowed fonts near the computer.

Every time when I get a new computer I must change settings everywhere to be able to work ok. That should not be necessary. It should be plug and play. Install and run, not a whole week of installing all programs, changing setings (and remember all settings in all software you have to change), install firewalls, virusscanners, ad-ware killers, spamfilters, change whole windows to get rid of those balloons, eror messages etc etc etc

Pieter

Heh. They sound just like Republicans. ;-P

Cheers! Rich

A Progressive sees a glass half full of of water and says, "We need to find a way to fill up the glass".

A NeoCon sees a glass half full of of water and says, "Hey! Who drank half of my water".

And some engineers would point out that the glass is over designed by a factor of two as a safety measure.

Why should it be?? Everytime I buy a TV or DVD player, should it be exactly the same remote. Welcome to the real world. Every one is quick to blame the PC, but I bet the products you design are the same.

And a real engineer would say what a waste of space (and water), that could be filled with beer.

But I do not have to spend a whole week programming the remote.

And I design my electronics and software in such way that people should not have to read a manual!

Pieter