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Thread ID: 103949	2009-10-11 22:00:00	Any OpenOffice.org Users out there?	Yorick (8120)	Press F1

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819468	2009-10-12 06:05:00	The best download link locally is mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz It will only accept connections from .nz providers The link doesn't work. PJ	Poppa John (284)
819469	2009-10-12 06:08:00	Whilst I don't use it myself as I have MS Office, I have installed OpenOffice on quite a number of computers and the main thing I don't like about it is the time it takes to load. It's something we're working on constantly. The biggest issue is the fact that it's monolithic in it's structure. ie it's one application rather than several individual ones like MSO, so speeding up the start-up is a challenge. However there are a few small things that you can do at install if launch speed is essential. I also don't like it putting itself in Startup to speed up the loading time, just as I don't like MS Office doing that either. I agree with you, it's a PITA on a network at upgrade time, unfortunately we're in a minority, what we've done however is make the quick launcher a bit more functional, at least in the Windows version and that piece of functionality is likely to stay even after we've sped the launch up. Like others have said, having the file types default to Office docs would be a good move. If you remember back a few versions we used to have quite a few options during install to do with foreign file formats. Those bl**dy options caused so much grief on the users list with people getting confused with them that we took them out, so that's unlikely to change anytime soon. MS are putting ODF support in Office 14 in any case so it shouldn't be an issue soon. For the project, it will finally be nice not having spend so much developer time making up for MSO's abysmal non-native file handling capabilities.	Yorick (8120)
819470	2009-10-12 06:12:00	The link doesn't work. PJ Hmm works for me with Firefox. Try mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz	Yorick (8120)
819471	2009-10-12 06:17:00	I tried Open Office a while ago, but gave up on it, because it didn't do the following things I like to use: VBA. I use this a bit, but am not aware if there is an open office substitute? Handling certain text files, namely the ones from the Diablo II game. I cannnot get them to open properly in Open Office. Excel does them fine, as does an old spreadsheet editor I used to use I can't recall. (Lotus 1-2-3?)	the_bogan (9949)
819472	2009-10-12 06:22:00	I started using OpenOffice since version 3, and I've ditched Microsoft Office on all my home computers I like it because it's free, it does everything that MS Office does (and some things better!) and also because it's multi platform. I can't use MSO because of it's lack of capability with PDFs, that's a biggy for a lot of people, especially editable PDF forms. I do however still use Corel Office as well on some machines.... Back when 1.1.3 was around, one of the most commonly requested features was "Reveal Codes" like in WP. I actually tried that feature out in WP and it was very cool.	Yorick (8120)
819473	2009-10-12 06:23:00	Hmm works for me with Firefox. Try mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz initial link works fine. For Ma & Pa users, seeing a directory page is not usual, so they assume something hasn't worked. PJ, you want to look for the file with this name in the above link, it's just up from the bottom of the page: OOo_3.1.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe Last modified:21-Aug-2009 03:37 File size: 150M Here is a direct link to the file if that makes it easier: Direct link - click here (mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz) - 150 MB I wouldn't recommend downloading that file if you are on dialup. :)	Jen (38)
819474	2009-10-12 06:36:00	I tried Open Office a while ago, but gave up on it, because it didn't do the following things I like to use: VBA. I use this a bit, but am not aware if there is an open office substitute? It's called star-basic and it's actually very powerful in terms of what it can do. There are quite a few books written about it. Look up Anthony Pitonyak on Lulu. One of the other Masters of OOo Basic is a Kiwi, Ian Laurenson, he's contributed many macros to the repositories. However Novell's version of OOo which you can get from http://go-oo.org handles VBA macros pretty well. There is also a website that has a rather cool setup for converting VBA to OOoBasic here www.business-spreadsheets.com Handling certain text files, namely the ones from the Diablo II game. I cannnot get them to open properly in Open Office. Excel does them fine, as does an old spreadsheet editor I used to use I can't recall. (Lotus 1-2-3?) Often those sorts of files are created to suit a particular piece of software. If Diablo gives you the opportunity to choose a file type, go for .csv, OOo Calc will handle that just fine	Yorick (8120)
819475	2009-10-12 06:48:00	Your initial link works fine. For Ma & Pa users, seeing a directory page is not usual, so they assume something hasn't worked. PJ, you want to look for the file with this name in the above link, it's just up from the bottom of the page: OOo_3.1.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe Last modified:21-Aug-2009 03:37 File size: 150M Here is a direct link to the file if that makes it easier: Direct link - click here (mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz) - 150 MB I wouldn't recommend downloading that file if you are on dialup. :) Thanks for that Jen I'll blame senility for not thinking of that. ;) Sorry PJ, I should have been a bit more specific. With dial-up you're looking at about a ten hour download. If that's an issue there's a local guy in Auckland who sells cds with the latest OOo and a lot of other OpenSource software on. I should add he's nothing to do with me or the OpenOffice.org project, he just happens to own the local domain. http://openoffice.org.nz and you can buy online Cheers Graham	Yorick (8120)
819476	2009-10-12 07:04:00	I have used open office at home ever since MS superseded the last decent version of MS works - version 4.5.	tutaenui (1724)
819477	2009-10-12 07:21:00	I have OO as well as an older version of Office (2000 I think) I still have a few OO based text files floating in my computer somewhere and I tried twiddling with the PDF import extension from Sun. Needs a lot of work. Inkscape did what I needed. The PDF export side of things is fine.	bob_doe_nz (92)
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