If you truly mean the doc format and not docx, OpenOffice does read and
write that. It reads docx but does not write it. There is no fee for
OpenOffice, just download it from www.openoffice.org.
I would recommend saving your documents in OpenOffice's native odt format
and saving as doc only when yo
I am looking for a word processor that does not require being on the
internet but that I can download into my computer (for a fee of course)
that will accept DOC documents and that will create DOC documents.
Thank you.
--grant carrington
> -Original Message-
> From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 10:56 AM
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Questions about the release notes
> > 2.
> > Who can say something about the entry "AOO
Am 11.11.20 um 09:27 schrieb Jörg Schmidt:
I started with a German translation of the release note, but I have the
following questions:
1.
Are there any new dictionaries?
(The statements under "Improvements/Enhancements" and "Language Support" seem
to be contradictory
Hello,
I started with a German translation of the release note, but I have the
following questions:
1.
Are there any new dictionaries?
(The statements under "Improvements/Enhancements" and "Language Support" seem
to be contradictory to each other).
2.
Who can say somet
For Linux, Java7, for macOS, Java6
> On Nov 15, 2018, at 6:15 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>
> On 11/14/2018 09:29 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
>> On 15 Nov, Matthias Seidel wrote:
>>> Hi Kay,
>>>
>>> Am 15.11.18 um 00:48 schrieb Kay Schenk:
Two things --
* I see localization was set up for Kabyle.
On 11/14/2018 09:29 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
On 15 Nov, Matthias Seidel wrote:
Hi Kay,
Am 15.11.18 um 00:48 schrieb Kay Schenk:
Two things --
* I see localization was set up for Kabyle. So is this a new language
addition?
No, only locale data were added internally.
* some discussion and commit
On 15 Nov, Matthias Seidel wrote:
> Hi Kay,
>
> Am 15.11.18 um 00:48 schrieb Kay Schenk:
>> Two things --
>> * I see localization was set up for Kabyle. So is this a new language
>> addition?
>
> No, only locale data were added internally.
>
>> * some discussion and commits about Java 8,
>> see:
4.1.6 branch near as I can tell.
> So...does AOO require Java 8 now or can Java 7 still be used?
>
> I may have more questions coming in the next day or so, but hopefully not
> many. I will make every attempt to get this ready by Fri afternoon, PST.
>
Kay
I already removed the Kab
g.cgi?id=127876
> Changes were committed to the 4.1.6 branch near as I can tell.
> So...does AOO require Java 8 now or can Java 7 still be used?
Changes for Java 8 were revoked, but that did only affect the building
process.
Java 8 as well as Java 7 can still be used like before.
>
>
Java 7 still be used?
I may have more questions coming in the next day or so, but hopefully not
many. I will make every attempt to get this ready by Fri afternoon, PST.
--
--
MzK
"Less is MORE."
ints of contact can be found here:
> https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
>
> If you wish to ask and answer user questions the most appropriate list is:
> us...@openoffice.apache.org As Peter explained you are not required to
> subscribe to this or any list, but if you
Hi Tammy,
Just to expand a little on Peter's information:
If you wish to take part in the project's activities (eg. coding,
documentation, user support, etc.) the points of contact can be found
here: https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
If you wish to ask and answer user
Thank you for your response.
Tammy
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 12:12 AM Peter kovacs wrote:
> Hi Tammy Curtis,
>
> You can simply send your questions to the List, there is no need in
> subscribing in order to get some answers. But if you like to read our List
> or want to participate
Hi Tammy Curtis,
You can simply send your questions to the List, there is no need in subscribing
in order to get some answers. But if you like to read our List or want to
participate you are welcome to subscribe. This is a public project. It is open
to anyone.
All the best
Peter
Am 23
May I subscribe to get questions and answers?
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
Hi Keith,
Am 10.09.2017 um 01:40 schrieb Keith N. McKenna:
> I have been reviewing the Release Notes for the 4.1.4 Release and have a
> couple of questions on the Known Issues section.
>
> 1. For developers: the source package of OpenOffice 4.1.4 will not build
> on 32-bit ver
Am 10.09.2017 um 01:40 schrieb Keith N. McKenna:
> I have been reviewing the Release Notes for the 4.1.4 Release and have a
> couple of questions on the Known Issues section.
>
> 1. For developers: the source package of OpenOffice 4.1.4 will not build
> on 32-bit versions of Ub
I have been reviewing the Release Notes for the 4.1.4 Release and have a
couple of questions on the Known Issues section.
1. For developers: the source package of OpenOffice 4.1.4 will not build
on 32-bit versions of Ubuntu 14.04 and similar distributions. The
source fails to build in main/svl
On 24/11/16 08:29, RA Stehmann wrote:
> distribute AOO, all figures are not really significant to identify the number
> of users.
Twould be much more appropriate to recommend software on the basis of
the client's proposed use case, using examples of users with similar
use-cases, that demonstrate
Hello,
only a few remarks:
Am 24.11.2016 um 07:02 schrieb toki:
> On 23/11/16 22:10, Crystal wrote:
.
>
>> 2.)Approximately how many users of OpenOffice are there worldwide?
>
> Being FLOSS, there is no way to know if one download represents one
> user, or 40,000 users. Likewise, there is n
On 23/11/16 22:10, Crystal wrote:
> I will need an answer on or before 28-Nov-2016
Dropping a question like this the day before a _major_ holiday in the
US, with an expected response before the first workday after that
holiday, to ask specific questions about usage in the US is really
Falls, SD USA) that is comparing MS
Office, OpenOffice and LibreOffice and then making a recommendation to a client
on which one to use. I have a few questions that will help me to pull this
document together if you have a few minutes of time.
I will need an answer on or before 28-Nov-2016 so I
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 4:10 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>
> On 08/28/2016 10:52 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> > On 28 Aug, Kay Schenk wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 08/27/2016 06:22 PM, Gav wrote:
> >>> Hi.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Don Lewis
> wrote:
> >>>
> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> >>>
On 08/28/2016 10:52 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 28 Aug, Kay Schenk wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/27/2016 06:22 PM, Gav wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>>>
On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>
>> On 28 Aug,
On 28 Aug, Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>
> On 08/27/2016 06:22 PM, Gav wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> On Sun, Aug
On 08/27/2016 06:22 PM, Gav wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>
>> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>>>
On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis
>> wrote:
>>>
Hi.
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> >
> >> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> >> > Hi Don,
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> >> >> >
On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>
>> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
>> > Hi Don,
>> >
>> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
>> >> > junit 4.11 is installed on the new buildbots we are prepping for use
>> fwiw
>>
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> >
> >> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> >> > junit 4.11 is installed on the new buildbots we are prepping for use
> fwiw
> >>
> >> We'll also need hamcrest v
On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
>
>> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
>> > junit 4.11 is installed on the new buildbots we are prepping for use fwiw
>>
>> We'll also need hamcrest version 1.3.
>>
>
> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python-hamcrest is version 1.8 , i
Hi Don,
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> > junit 4.11 is installed on the new buildbots we are prepping for use fwiw
>
> We'll also need hamcrest version 1.3.
>
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python-hamcrest is version 1.8 , is that too new?
I'd like to try and sti
On 28 Aug, Gav wrote:
> junit 4.11 is installed on the new buildbots we are prepping for use fwiw
We'll also need hamcrest version 1.3.
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>
> On 08/26/2016 04:22 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> > Kay Schenk wrote:
> >> Do you really mean 16.04 LTS? Is there a buildbot setup with this? I
> >> am NOT
On 08/26/2016 04:22 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> Kay Schenk wrote:
>> Do you really mean 16.04 LTS? Is there a buildbot setup with this? I
>> am NOT
>> a Ubuntu person.
>
> Yes, I did mean 16.04 LTS. But I see that end of life for 14.04
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases is April 2019, so 5 year
Kay Schenk wrote:
Do you really mean 16.04 LTS? Is there a buildbot setup with this? I am NOT
a Ubuntu person.
Yes, I did mean 16.04 LTS. But I see that end of life for 14.04
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases is April 2019, so 5 years and not 3 as
it was for earlier Ubuntu LTS versions. This m
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Andrea Pescetti
wrote:
> On 24/08/2016 Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>> Continuing discussion with infra due to EOL on both the systems we are
>> currently using indicates we will probably be moving to Ubuntu 14.04
>> buildbots for Linux 32 and Linux 64. I'll keep you updat
On 24/08/2016 Kay Schenk wrote:
Continuing discussion with infra due to EOL on both the systems we are
currently using indicates we will probably be moving to Ubuntu 14.04
buildbots for Linux 32 and Linux 64. I'll keep you updated.
For the same reason, wouldn't it be better to move to 16.04 LTS
ion with pono from infra
>
>
> Forwarded Message
> Subject: Re: Questions about buildbot internals
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:31:45 -0700
> From: Kay sch...@apache.org
> Reply-To: ksch...@apache.org
> To: Pono Takamori
&
FYI: communication with pono from infra
Forwarded Message
Subject:Re: Questions about buildbot internals
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:31:45 -0700
From: Kay sch...@apache.org
Reply-To: ksch...@apache.org
To: Pono Takamori
CC: infrastruct...@apache.org
Le 23/11/2015 01:06, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit :
I also have a moderate concern that the Forum community is perhaps too separate
from the rest of the project and we need a way for all voices to be heard,
including working out proposals for remedies. In both directions. Any ideas on
how to fac
[BCC Apache OpenOffice PMC]
It is important for the OpenOffice PMC to identify and assess warning signs
about risks to the project's continuing operation. It is also important
that the state of the project be shared with and understood by the full
Apache OpenOffice community. There is much wisdo
> -Original Message-
> From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie]
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 14:34
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [QUESTIONS] RE: [ISSUE DISCUSSIONS]
>
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:29:07 -0800
> "Dennis E. Hamilto
or bug fixing, but is not the best
forum for enhancement proposals.
Rory
>
> I am very interested in seeing coupling of dev@, users@, Bugzilla, and the
> forums in a way where issues can be addressed and possibly resolved after
> confirmation of understanding.
>
> I have questi
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
I am not certain that we have the resources to do that. So this is a
thought-experiment.
It is a thought-experiment, but it is code we (probably) already have.
Just, we've now disabled the usage tracking, which was existing (always
opt-in, never silently enabled by
is
collected, the identifier is used in making the cryptographic hash in (2) and
then discarded.
> -Original Message-
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:orc...@apache.org]
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 11:50
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: [QUESTIONS] How Is Apac
se can arise in questions to
lists dev@ and users@, in filing of Bugzilla reports (or commenting on existing
ones), and in comments on the Community Forums.
We can use those to determine more narrowly on what users on what platforms are
reporting and what they are reporting about. This provides evid
in seeing coupling of dev@, users@, Bugzilla, and the
forums in a way where issues can be addressed and possibly resolved after
confirmation of understanding.
I have questions.
1. Where is it established that the Forum is the preferred place for this,
sort of out-of-site of the other three pl
On 17 August 2015 at 23:23, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Thanks Tony, this reminds me of some questions that would help us
> understand what is involved. These questions are anyone knowledgable of
> the current arrangements:
>
> I see four levels of support to wikis and forum
onday, August 17, 2015 14:42
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org; orc...@apache.org
Subject: Re: QUESTIONS RE: Maintenance of AOO Wiki and Forum
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Thanks Tony, this reminds me of some questions that would help us understand
> what
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Thanks Tony, this reminds me of some questions that would help us understand
> what is involved. These questions are anyone knowledgable of the current
> arrangements:
>
> I see four levels of support to w
Thanks Tony, this reminds me of some questions that would help us understand
what is involved. These questions are anyone knowledgable of the current
arrangements:
I see four levels of support to wikis and forums:
1. User Account and Content Administration
I believe this is handed. Does
Hi Jason,
Jason Marshall schrieb:
Hello
I have reached a relatively advanced stage of the building process and have
been saving some queries in order to put these into a single e-mail, with an
awareness that this is a busy mailing list, so hopefully not taking up too much
of people's time.
7; is
running in the background, but never seems to complete. Has anybody
experienced a similar issue with 3.5 SP1?
Thank you for your patience and please accept my apologies if I have asked
questions that have obvious answers to those with experience of the project.
Best regards
Jason Marshall
Original Message
From: Alexandro Colorado
To: Apache OpenOffice Developer
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 01:52:30 -0500
> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Dave Bridges wrote:
>
>> None of the free support sites tell you how to ask a question. My
>> questions are:
&g
I recomend using forum.openoffice.org
For your other question each workbook is indeendent from each other, your
desktop environment might take care of that.
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Dave Bridges wrote:
> None of the free support sites tell you how to ask a question. My
> questio
None of the free support sites tell you how to ask a question. My questions are:
1. How do I ask a question about Open Office; and
2. When one has two workbooks open does Open Office have a commend such as the
Excel arrange so that you can view both simultaneously?
Kind regards
DAVE BRIDGES
On 22/01/2015 Kay Schenk wrote:
On 01/22/2015 09:42 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
1. What happened with regard to the improvements with regard to the
version of HSQLDB used?
We're still using the base of hsqldb 1.8 with patches for use with
java 7.
See: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.
of HSQLDB, <http://hsqldb.org/web/openoffice.html>.
> That's from November 2011 though.
>
> I have three questions:
>
> 1. What happened with regard to the improvements with regard to the
> version of HSQLDB used?
We're still using the base of hsqldb 1.8 with patches for u
that the default embedded database produced by OpenOffice Base is
HSQLDB, which is 100% Java-required.
According to the HSQLDB site, there was collaboration on upgrading the version
of HSQLDB, <http://hsqldb.org/web/openoffice.html>. That's from November 2011
though.
I have thre
jects. Therefore, I would be very
happy to know a little bit more about how code reviews are used in OpenOffice
and if (and maybe how) static analysis tools are used. I have a couple of
questions for anyone willing to answer:
1. Do all developers (contributors and core developers) have to submit a
am an
> OpenOffice user and think it is a very interesting project. I would like to
> know if some OpenOffice collaborator would be kind enough to answer the
> questions found below. I shall be pleased to receive your answers but if
> you do not want to, I would also appreciate to know it
erview with a
free software project collaborator. I am contacting you because I am an
OpenOffice user and think it is a very interesting project. I would like to
know if some OpenOffice collaborator would be kind enough to answer the
questions found below. I shall be pleased to receive your answers
using kde4 experience integration problems.
Does anyone know -- maybe from user list or forum questions -- how often
the mandriva and redhat menus are used/installed?
The freedesktop menus work for both KDE4 and Gnome (2 and above?)
Some debian-based users are now using Gnome and KDE4 desktop en
trek...@aol.com wrote:
> This email is written in HTML format. Please enable HTML mode to view this
> email.
Here is the OP's moderated email in plain text:
I have open office on my computer and this only started today. Every
time I try to open a file - it brings up Filter selection and everyone
This email is written in HTML format. Please enable HTML mode to view this
email.
I wonder how involved would be to set a feature to send documents as
HTML Emails. (not attachments).
I look at this code:
http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org/source/xref/aoo-trunk/main/sfx2/source/dialog/mailmodel.cxx#344
I would need to understand the whole branch better. But if possible
there c
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Andrea Pescetti
wrote:
> On 27/05/2014 Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/CrashReporting
>> is no longer a default in our binaries?
>> Is this correct?
>>
>
> Correct.
>
>
> Is this the same thing that's called the "Error Report Tool" in the
On 27/05/2014 Kay Schenk wrote:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/CrashReporting
is no longer a default in our binaries?
Is this correct?
Correct.
Is this the same thing that's called the "Error Report Tool" in the
application help?
It is.
The last discussion I could find about this:
http:
Looking at current configure options, and what we've setup on buildbots,
it seems the Crash Reporter referenced in this wiki page:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/CrashReporting
is no longer a default in our binaries?
Is this correct?
Is this the same thing that's called the "Error Report Tool
On 2/28/2014 8:13 AM, Roberto Galoppini wrote:
>
* The presence of templates that are not Gratis;
* The presence of templates that are not Libre;
* Some of the vocabulary used by SourceForge;
Not sure I understand this, can you please clarify? I'd be happy to
change
what could be a sour
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 27/02/2014 Rob Weir wrote:
>
>> Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
>> users and picked out the top ones.
>>
>
> I don't see very interesting questions in this
On 27/02/2014 Rob Weir wrote:
Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
users and picked out the top ones.
I don't see very interesting questions in this top 10. Indeed, some are
misplaced and some can only be answered in a generic way. I'm comment
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
> users and picked out the top ones. I dropped the ones that repeated
> questions we already answered in our last iteration of this. I also
> combined ques
2014-02-28 0:46 GMT+01:00 Jonathon :
>
>
> On February 27, 2014 2:54:26 PM PST, "Marcus (OOo)" wrote:
>
> >>> 8) Does it cost anything to upload a template online?
> >>> Rob: No. Odd that this questions got so many votes. Any ideas on why
>
Hi,
On 27.02.2014 23:54, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
Am 02/27/2014 11:00 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:
On 02/27/2014 10:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
users and picked out the top ones. I dropped the ones that repeated
questions we al
On 2/27/14 11:54 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
> Am 02/27/2014 11:00 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:
>>
>>
>> On 02/27/2014 10:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>>> Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
>>> users and picked out the top ones. I dro
On Feb 27, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Armin Le Grand wrote:
> On 27.02.2014 15:00, Kay Schenk wrote:
>>
>> ---
>>>
>>> 2) A series of questions on proposed features and how we decide on
>>> new features, including:
>>>
On February 27, 2014 2:54:26 PM PST, "Marcus (OOo)" wrote:
>>> 8) Does it cost anything to upload a template online?
>>> Rob: No. Odd that this questions got so many votes. Any ideas on why this
>>> is a question?
>Marcus: No, absolutely not. Th
Am 02/27/2014 11:00 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:
On 02/27/2014 10:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
users and picked out the top ones. I dropped the ones that repeated
questions we already answered in our last iteration of this. I
On 27.02.2014 15:00, Kay Schenk wrote:
---
2) A series of questions on proposed features and how we decide on
new features, including:
a) Is it possible to include a 'Track Change' feature in OpenOffice
like the one in MS Word?
b) When will Ope
On 02/27/2014 10:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
users and picked out the top ones. I dropped the ones that repeated
questions we already answered in our last iteration of this. I also
combined questions where there were dupli
Time to wrap this up. I've gone through the 275 questions from 430
users and picked out the top ones. I dropped the ones that repeated
questions we already answered in our last iteration of this. I also
combined questions where there were duplicates or repetitions. In
some cases I rew
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> Last year at this time we did this post:
>
> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/your_top_questions_answered
>
> I thought it worked well.
>
> Should we do another? Maybe with the restriction that it does not
> repeat
>Should we do another? Maybe with the restriction that it does not
>repeat questions from the 2013 version?
+1
regards,
wlada
2014/1/6 Andrea Pescetti
> On 05/01/2014 Rob Weir wrote:
>
>> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/your_top_questions_answered ...
>>
>>
On 05/01/2014 Rob Weir wrote:
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/your_top_questions_answered ...
Should we do another? Maybe with the restriction that it does not
repeat questions from the 2013 version?
It was interesting. It would be good to repeat. And restricting it to
unanswered
Last year at this time we did this post:
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/your_top_questions_answered
I thought it worked well.
Should we do another? Maybe with the restriction that it does not
repeat questions from the 2013 version?
I'd volunteer to solicit for questions and edit the
ction. Maybe the problem is we are not making the support
>> forums sound attractive enough? Maybe if we said something like, "For the
>> fastest and most expert response, post your question to"? Make the
>> forums sound like the most attractive option. We know they
Le 06/09/2013 22:37, Andrew Rist a écrit :
Perhaps this is a situation of people who are more comfortable with email as a
tool as opposed to a forum. If you are not familiar with forums in general,
our forum can be pretty daunting to navigate - there's a lot of info there.
Do we have a way of
? Maybe if we said something
like, "For the fastest and most expert response, post your question
to"? Make the forums sound like the most attractive option. We
know they are the best place for questions, of course. But we ought to
describe it equally attractively. -Rob
Perhaps
m
away from a specific direction. Maybe the problem is we are not
making the support forums sound attractive enough? Maybe if we said
something like, "For the fastest and most expert response, post your
question to"? Make the forums sound like the most attractive
option. We know they are
e it unchanged. This
is OK in some cases, where the intent is clearly expressed by the
subject, like "I am starting the Introduction to Contributing to
Apache OpenOffice" emails. But it doesn't work well in other cases.
Another angle is to realize that enabling the user and mo
the off-topic threads
- the poster may continue to use the dev list rather than the user
list/forum where there are lots more potential responders
Just a thought.
This is all true. We also get user questions to the private mailing
list, and via the press alias address. And we also get produc
;
>>>>>> The disadvantages of not referring the poster to the user list are
>>>> several:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - other users don't benefit from the thread
>>>>>> - the dev list is cluttered with the off-topic th
ers don't benefit from the thread
> >> - the dev list is cluttered with the off-topic threads
> >> - the poster may continue to use the dev list rather than the user
> >> list/forum where there are lots more potential responders
> >>
> >> Just a thought
ng the poster to the user list are
> >> several:
> >> >>
> >> >> - other users don't benefit from the thread
> >> >> - the dev list is cluttered with the off-topic threads
> >> >> - the poster may continue to use the
>> several:
>> >>
>> >> - other users don't benefit from the thread
>> >> - the dev list is cluttered with the off-topic threads
>> >> - the poster may continue to use the dev list rather than the user
>> >> list/forum where th
right place for user support.
Further questions should be sent to the user support channels:
http://www.openoffice.org/support/
+1.
Often in such case, I add a note in the message, replying to the user list and
moving the dev address from To to CC.
But for the moment I havent seen many topics
re dealing with (users who are often
unfamiliar with mailing lists) I think that we should continue to
moderate messages and replying, but add to the reply something like:
Please note that this mailing list is not the right place for user
support. Further questions should be sent to the us
- the poster may continue to use the dev list rather than the user
>> list/forum where there are lots more potential responders
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>
> This is all true. We also get user questions to the private mailing
> list, and via the press alias address. A
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