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On 26/06/2011 22:07, Rob Beard wrote:
Seriously, you would be surprised at what gets put into a 'document'... bear in mind that these 'documents' are used as teaching aids - some of them can be quite complex and hence the problem with compatibility with any FLOSS offerings.On 26/06/11 19:07, Paul Sutton wrote:I installed OpenOffice at one of the schools I provide support for (I install OpenOffice/Libre Office at every school I support along with several other open source apps) - this particular school then requestedthat I install the latest verion of MS Office (2010 Pro Plus) as 'peoplecannot get along with it (OpenOffice)'. Problems tend to mainly be the handling of images in documents between the two suites, or rather, the lack of it. Simple documents work well between the two suites butinsert images etc, sounds etc and then you would think the world had ended!I blame the likes of MS, Lotus et al for adding the fuctionality of adding sounds, images and the like into the word processor.... DaveAgreed, even though you can put sounds in documents in Open office, who were unable to get on with it, the Students or teachers. Is it possible to have both installed ? PaulHang on, why would anyone want to put sounds into a WORD PROCESSOR document?Seems a bit odd to me, it's not as if the printer can print them :-P Rob
I guess it all depends on the target... maybe the developers should take a look at different market and provide different versions - business, home, education etc and tailor them to what the typical client within those sectors requires... hmmmm sounds very much the MS way doesn't it?
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