Re: Windows 8.

2014-02-19 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 02/19/2014 10:09 PM, schrieb Peter Carr: Can Open Office be used on a computer running Windows 8 or 8.1?. If so is there any known incompatibility issues?. I'm not a Windows 8 user but at least the system requirements [1] state that AOO 4.0.1 is compatible with Windows 8. [1]

Re: Windows 8.

2014-02-19 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Peter Carr To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:09:18 -0500 > Can Open Office be used on a computer running Windows 8 or 8.1?. > If so is there any known incompatibility issues?. Yes it can be used on both. I am using it on XP,

Windows 8.

2014-02-19 Thread Peter Carr
Can Open Office be used on a computer running Windows 8 or 8.1?. If so is there any known incompatibility issues?. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Re: Windows 8

2014-02-18 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 18.02.2014 08:22, Amit Mittal wrote: I have successfully built open office on my Windows 8 machine without facing much issues except cygwin related setup problems :) cool. It would be great, if you could document your experience on the related wiki pages. Thx in advance. Best

Re: Windows 8

2014-02-17 Thread Amit Mittal
I have successfully built open office on my Windows 8 machine without facing much issues except cygwin related setup problems :) -amit On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Varun Bezzam wrote: > Thanks for your help > > On 2/10/14, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > > Hi, > &

Re: Windows 8

2014-02-17 Thread Varun Bezzam
;>> does not have any information on Building For Windows 8. My laptop >>> runs Windows 8. Is this a problem? Should I install a different OS? >> >> No, don't install a different OS :-) >> But you may also want to look at [1] and [2]. > > and at [3] as this o

Re: Windows 8

2014-02-10 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 10.02.2014 09:09, Andre Fischer wrote: On 08.02.2014 14:06, Varun Bezzam wrote: Hi Everybody! I have noticed that the official Building on Windows page does not have any information on Building For Windows 8. My laptop runs Windows 8. Is this a problem? Should I install a

Re: Windows 8

2014-02-10 Thread Andre Fischer
On 08.02.2014 14:06, Varun Bezzam wrote: Hi Everybody! I have noticed that the official Building on Windows page does not have any information on Building For Windows 8. My laptop runs Windows 8. Is this a problem? Should I install a different OS? No, don't install a differe

Windows 8

2014-02-08 Thread Varun Bezzam
Hi Everybody! I have noticed that the official Building on Windows page does not have any information on Building For Windows 8. My laptop runs Windows 8. Is this a problem? Should I install a different OS? Thanks for your help, Varun

Re: paste/clipboard not functioning in writer, windows 8

2013-07-28 Thread Hagar Delest
Le 28/07/2013 18:39, Kay Schenk a écrit : On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Hagar Delest wrote: There are 2 bug reports, I guess that we can make one the duplicate of the other: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/**show_bug.cgi?id=113171 https://

Re: paste/clipboard not functioning in writer, windows 8

2013-07-28 Thread Kay Schenk
inux version and everything works as expected. One system clipboard doing what you would expect. > > Le 27/07/2013 01:09, Kay Schenk a écrit : > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Lay Saw wrote: >> >> Hi, Open Office developer, >>> >>> >>

Re: paste/clipboard not functioning in writer, windows 8

2013-07-27 Thread Hagar Delest
: On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Lay Saw wrote: Hi, Open Office developer, I am using writer in windows 8, but keep facing the clipboard paste function not working properly, could not find any solution to that. Most discuasion I can find is in Win 7: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum

Re: paste/clipboard not functioning in writer, windows 8

2013-07-26 Thread Kay Schenk
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Lay Saw wrote: > Hi, Open Office developer, > > > I am using writer in windows 8, but keep facing the clipboard paste > function not working properly, could not find any solution to that. Most > discuasion I can find is in Win 7: > http://fo

paste/clipboard not functioning in writer, windows 8

2013-07-24 Thread Lay Saw
Hi, Open Office developer, I am using writer in windows 8, but keep facing the clipboard paste function not working properly, could not find any solution to that. Most discuasion I can find is in Win 7:http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=60299 Can you please enlighte

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-17 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jürgen Schmidt wrote: I plan to start the vote now until late Friday afternoon (5:00pm UTC+2), that I am able to prepare everything before I will be away for some days. This is OK with me. What is important is that we reset the feedback we had on the previous RC and that we only count votes on

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-17 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 7/17/13 9:02 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 7/16/13 9:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> Dave Fisher wrote: >>> Let's not make a big deal out of our quality process and then skip a >>> REQUIRED part of the Foundation's process. >> >> Exactly. We will need a new vote here. Thank you everybody for h

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-17 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 7/16/13 9:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Dave Fisher wrote: >> Let's not make a big deal out of our quality process and then skip a >> REQUIRED part of the Foundation's process. > > Exactly. We will need a new vote here. Thank you everybody for how this > issue has been handled. I think that R

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Marcus (OOo)
n very special circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running while working with AOO 4. I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there's no sign of a crash. Elaborating further on particular conditions. Maybe it's related to specific hardware, e.g. graphics

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Dave Fisher wrote: Let's not make a big deal out of our quality process and then skip a REQUIRED part of the Foundation's process. Exactly. We will need a new vote here. Thank you everybody for how this issue has been handled. I think that Rob's blog post captures very nicely the values and s

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Rob Weir
ave a crash this time. I think I'll work >>>>> a bit more with Openoffice 4 now and if anything of the kind happens >>>>> again I'll report right away and write down the exact circumstances. I >>>>> think it might be possible th

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Dave Fisher
I think I'll work >>>> a bit more with Openoffice 4 now and if anything of the kind happens >>>> again I'll report right away and write down the exact circumstances. I >>>> think it might be possible that it happens only in very special >>>> ci

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Kay Schenk
the exact circumstances. I > >> think it might be possible that it happens only in very special > >> circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running > >> while working with AOO 4. > > > > I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and t

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread janI
he same action with both AOO 4 without your dll file > and > >>>>>> with it, using even the very same file where I had that crash on > June > >>>>>> 22, but in neither case did I have a crash this time. I think I'll > >>>>>> work &

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Peter Junge
ste'. All above function work without regression. Regards, Yu Zhen On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: Juergen, I believe it is a right decision to respin and include this fix. While besides verifying it on Windows 8, I also asked Yu Zhen to help verify the dll on Wind

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Rob Weir
me. I think I'll >>>>>> work >>>>>> a bit more with Openoffice 4 now and if anything of the kind happens >>>>>> again I'll report right away and write down the exact circumstances. I >>>>>> think it might be possible that i

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Max Merbald
I think it might be possible that it happens only in very special circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running while working with AOO 4. I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there's no sign of a crash. Elaborating further on particular conditions.

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Ricardo Berlasso
2013/7/16 Rob Weir > > > it is not easy for me to decide at the moment. What do others think? A > > respin means rebuilding all platforms, signing and uploading the new > > files. And then another vote cycle of 72 hr. > > > > Do we need another 72-hour vote? If there are no objections I'd > sup

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Peter Junge
ns only in very special circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running while working with AOO 4. I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there's no sign of a crash. Elaborating further on particular conditions. Maybe it's related to specific hardware, e.

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Rob Weir
work without regression. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Yu Zhen >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: >>> >>> > Juergen, >>> > I believe it is a right decision to respin and include this fix.

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Samer Mansour
x27;, 'Cut' or >> 'Paste'. All above function work without regression. >> >> Regards, >> Yu Zhen >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: >> >> > Juergen, >> > I believe it is a right decision to

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Samer Mansour
and also using menu, like 'Edit' -> 'Copy', 'Cut' or > 'Paste'. All above function work without regression. > > Regards, > Yu Zhen > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: > > > Juergen, > > I belie

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Yuzhen Fan
ste'. All above function work without regression. Regards, Yu Zhen On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: > Juergen, > I believe it is a right decision to respin and include this fix. While > besides verifying it on Windows 8, I also asked Yu Zhen to help verify the >

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Shenfeng Liu
Juergen, I believe it is a right decision to respin and include this fix. While besides verifying it on Windows 8, I also asked Yu Zhen to help verify the dll on Windows 7 to ensure the fix is no impact to Windows 7. Yu Zhen will update the result within hours. Thanks very much for your quick

4.0.0_release_blocker granted: [Bug 122752] Windows 8 Selecting text and copying to system clipboard causes application crash.

2013-07-16 Thread bugzilla
j...@apache.org has granted h...@apache.org 's request for 4.0.0_release_blocker: Bug 122752: Windows 8 Selecting text and copying to system clipboard causes application crash. https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122752 --- Additional Comments from j...@apache.org grant showst

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
ppens >>>> again I'll report right away and write down the exact circumstances. I >>>> think it might be possible that it happens only in very special >>>> circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running >>>> while working w

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Rob Weir
exact circumstances. I >>> think it might be possible that it happens only in very special >>> circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running >>> while working with AOO 4. >> >> I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there'

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
;> circumstances, maybe dependant on which other software you're running >> while working with AOO 4. > > I also gave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there's no sign of a crash. > > Elaborating further on particular conditions. Maybe it's related to

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Peter Junge
ave it a try on Windows 8 (64 bit) and there's no sign of a crash. Elaborating further on particular conditions. Maybe it's related to specific hardware, e.g. graphics card? @Samer: As you seem to be able to reproduce the issue constantly, do you have any special hardware? Peter

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Max Merbald
dt: On 7/16/13 9:56 AM, Herbert Duerr wrote: On 15.07.2013 22:47, Rob Weir wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new bug sorry if its a duplicate. It is windows 8 64-bit. Crashes on copy and cut. Pas

4.0.0_release_blocker requested: [Bug 122752] Windows 8 Selecting text and copying to system clipboard causes application crash.

2013-07-16 Thread bugzilla
h...@apache.org has asked for 4.0.0_release_blocker: Bug 122752: Windows 8 Selecting text and copying to system clipboard causes application crash. https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122752 - To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 7/16/13 9:56 AM, Herbert Duerr wrote: > On 15.07.2013 22:47, Rob Weir wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Samer Mansour >> wrote: >>> I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new >>> bug sorry if its a duplicate. >>&

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Herbert Duerr
On 15.07.2013 22:47, Rob Weir wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new bug sorry if its a duplicate. It is windows 8 64-bit. Crashes on copy and cut. Paste seems to not be affected. The four steps

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-16 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 7/15/13 10:47 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: >> I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new >> bug sorry if its a duplicate. >> >> It is windows 8 64-bit. Crashes on copy and cut. Paste

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: > I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new > bug sorry if its a duplicate. > > It is windows 8 64-bit. Crashes on copy and cut. Paste seems to not be > affected. > > The four steps Rob ga

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-15 Thread Samer Mansour
gt;>>> I don't quite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer and >>>> then copy it." >>>> >>>> Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the >>>> clip-board? Or is there some other action th

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-15 Thread Samer Mansour
I logged my comments in the bug, I searched the db before I opened a new bug sorry if its a duplicate. It is windows 8 64-bit. Crashes on copy and cut. Paste seems to not be affected. The four steps Rob gave in the bug are the minimum required steps to reproduce. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:38

Re: Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Samer Mansour wrote: > I just got my testlink set up, and received a couple test cases 7 hours ago. > > The first test I went to do I couldn't complete because it caused what I > think is a show stopper for windows 8 (if its reproducible) >

Possible show stopper on Windows 8, please verify

2013-07-15 Thread Samer Mansour
I just got my testlink set up, and received a couple test cases 7 hours ago. The first test I went to do I couldn't complete because it caused what I think is a show stopper for windows 8 (if its reproducible) Can anyone copy or cut contents to their system clipboard in windows 8 using the

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-15 Thread Andre Fischer
clip-board? Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Max Merbald [mailto:max.merb...@gmx.de] Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:01 AM To:dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Regina Henschel Subject: Re: I

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-15 Thread Andre Fischer
uite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer and then copy it." Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the clip-board? Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. - Dennis -Orig

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Junge
previously and therefore no config folder \4 exists. Up to now I have always installed the full versions over my old versions, and never got problems (or never notice some.) I'll do some testing tonight. I have two "clean" VM images, for Windows 8 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit, that I

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Max Merbald
hrieb: I don't quite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer and then copy it." Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the clip-board? Yes, that do I mean. Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this i

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Weir
I don't quite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer >>>> and then copy it." >>>> >>>> Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the >>>> clip-board? >>> >>> >>> Yes, that

RE: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
option to replace it with the same version or not.) - Dennis -Original Message- From: Max Merbald [mailto:max.merb...@gmx.de] Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 01:34 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org; Dennis E. Hamilton Subject: Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit Hello Dennis, it's a

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Weir
n copy it." >>> >>> Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the >>> clip-board? >> >> >> Yes, that do I mean. >> >>Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. >>> >>> >>&g

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Regina Henschel
me other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. That is nice, please do it. The poster has done some "cleanup" now, installed again, and the error no longer occurs. I have ask him to tell us, what he has done, but have no answer yet. I have the answe

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Rob Weir
64 bit too. >> >> Max >> >> >> Am 14.07.2013 22:14, schrieb Dennis E. Hamilton: >>> >>> I don't quite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer and >>> then copy it." >>> >>> Is this about select

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Raphael Bircher
this means: "mark something in Writer and then copy it." Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the clip-board? Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Max

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Max Merbald
this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Max Merbald [mailto:max.merb...@gmx.de] Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:01 AM To:dev@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Regina Henschel Subject: Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit Hi Regina, I reported the sa

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Regina Henschel
this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. That is nice, please do it. The poster has done some "cleanup" now, installed again, and the error no longer occurs. I have ask him to tell us, what he has done, but have no answer yet. Kind regards Regina - Dennis -Origin

RE: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I don't quite understand what this means: "mark something in Writer and then copy it." Is this about selecting something in Writer and copying it to the clip-board? Or is there some other action that reproduces this situation. I can test this in Windows 8 x64. - Dennis

Re: Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Max Merbald
ll, there is a mail on the German list, which describes a crash when mark something in Writer and then copy it. (Which would be a show-stopper.) The poster has deinstalled OOo3.4.1 and all previous snapshots and then installed the RC. OS is Windows 8, 64 bit. Can someone test it with this

Installation on Windows 8, 64bit

2013-07-14 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi all, there is a mail on the German list, which describes a crash when mark something in Writer and then copy it. (Which would be a show-stopper.) The poster has deinstalled OOo3.4.1 and all previous snapshots and then installed the RC. OS is Windows 8, 64 bit. Can someone test it with

Re: Launching OpenOffice on windows 8 after a silent installation

2013-06-28 Thread nikita sharma
etro UI. PS: I downloaded the installer from http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/?source=dlp Regards, Nikita On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > Hello, > > There are some issues about installing OpenOffice in a Windows 8 desktop: > > I ca

Launching OpenOffice on windows 8 after a silent installation

2013-06-27 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Hello, There are some issues about installing OpenOffice in a Windows 8 desktop: I can find and launch all the program in "program" folder under my installation path. (Refer to the attached screenshot) But I still have two problems: 1. After installation, Openoffice can not be fou

Re: 3.4.1_release_blocker canceled: [Bug 119946] [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed.

2013-06-15 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Donald Whytock wrote: This was sent to the incubating mailing list. Is fixing that a JIRA? More than an infra task, this is something for Bugzilla admins (in CC, but maybe it's already been fixed). Summary: notification of release blockers should go to the current list address, not to the in

Re: 3.4.1_release_blocker canceled: [Bug 119946] [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed.

2013-06-14 Thread Donald Whytock
This was sent to the incubating mailing list. Is fixing that a JIRA? Don On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:11 AM, wrote: > Oliver-Rainer Wittmann has canceled > 3.4.1_release_blocker: > Bug 119946: [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test > for > "Se

3.4.1_release_blocker canceled: [Bug 119946] [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed.

2013-06-14 Thread bugzilla
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann has canceled 3.4.1_release_blocker: Bug 119946: [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed. https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119946 --- Additional Comments f

Re: Windows 8 Operating System

2013-03-06 Thread Max Merbald
Hello Arden, there's no problem at all using OpenOffice on Win 8. I've been using AOO on Win 8 since Oct 30, 2012, and I never had any problems at all. Max Am 06.03.2013 15:09, schrieb sean...@gmail.com: Please tell me, Is openoffice compatible with the new Microsoft Windows 8

Re: Windows 8 Operating System

2013-03-06 Thread FR web forum
https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/your_top_questions_answered Question #11 - Mail original - De: sean...@gmail.com À: dev@openoffice.apache.org Envoyé: Mercredi 6 Mars 2013 15:09:19 Objet: Windows 8 Operating System Please tell me, Is openoffice compatible with the new Microsoft Windows

Windows 8 Operating System

2013-03-06 Thread seanutr
Please tell me, Is openoffice compatible with the new Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System? I searched through many pages of information and finally found the list of compatibility but Windows 8 was not listed however a friend told me no problem. Before I download this I desire to confirm

Re: Openoffice for Windows 8

2013-01-26 Thread Max Merbald
Hi there, OpenOffice works perfectly well on Win 8, I've been using it with Win 8 since Oct 30, 2012, only a few days after Win 8 became available. Am 26.01.2013 07:53, schrieb whattonea...@btinternet.com: Could you advise me if Openoffice is able to operate on Windows 8. I am wantin

Re: Openoffice for Windows 8

2013-01-26 Thread Andrea Pescetti
whattonearth wrote: Could you advise me if Openoffice is able to operate on Windows 8. "Yes. Although Microsoft Windows 8 was only in preview when we released Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1, subsequent testing and user feedback has been positive, and no incompatibilities have emerged so far.

Re: Windows 8 compatibility

2013-01-01 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 12/30/2012 06:33 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:59 PM, F C. Costero wrote: There is a steady stream of questions on the Google Questions list about AOO compatibility with Windows 8. Some mention a problem with installation and others merely ask if AOO will work on that OS

Re: Windows 8 compatibility

2012-12-30 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, Windows 8 was not officially released yet when AOO 3.4.1 was released. But we tested with the preview version of Windows 8 and AOO 3.4.1 appeared to work well. So the question might be: what level of testing do we require before listing Windows 8 as "supported"? The quest

Re: Windows 8 compatibility

2012-12-30 Thread Max Merbald
I've been using Windows 8 since Oct 30, and I am also using Apache OpenOffice and I haven't had any problems so far. Of course I didn't have to install OpenOffice because I already had version 3.4.1 when I installed Win 8. So I can say there is no problem using AOO on Win 8 b

Re: Windows 8 compatibility

2012-12-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:59 PM, F C. Costero wrote: > There is a steady stream of questions on the Google Questions list about > AOO compatibility with Windows 8. Some mention a problem with installation > and others merely ask if AOO will work on that OS. No details of the >

Re: Windows 8 compatibility

2012-12-29 Thread Michael Acevedo
As far as I know, Windows 8 and AOO should work. When you open Apache OpenOffice, it should work as a classic desktop application since there's no "Metro" version of Apache OpenOffice available as of now. At least according to the Microsoft Windows 8 compatibility center, Apache Op

Re: OpenOffice 3.4.1 is Compatible with Windows 8

2012-12-14 Thread Albino Biasutti Neto
Hi 2012/12/14 Ross Gardler : > When doing the UI for 4.0 it might be good to add such a feature. The trend will be ahead in technology. Albino

Re: OpenOffice 3.4.1 is Compatible with Windows 8

2012-12-14 Thread Ross Gardler
> AOO running on it. > > Jan. > > On 14 December 2012 09:50, Ross Gardler > wrote: > > > I use OO on a couple of windows 8 machines (one clean install, one > upgrade > > from Win 7). I've experienced no problems. > > > > Touch is a problem, as

Re: OpenOffice 3.4.1 is Compatible with Windows 8

2012-12-14 Thread janI
Are any of the machines based on windows8 RT ? I am looking into buying a surface tablet, and would of course love to have AOO running on it. Jan. On 14 December 2012 09:50, Ross Gardler wrote: > I use OO on a couple of windows 8 machines (one clean install, one upgrade > from Win 7)

Re: OpenOffice 3.4.1 is Compatible with Windows 8

2012-12-14 Thread Ross Gardler
I use OO on a couple of windows 8 machines (one clean install, one upgrade from Win 7). I've experienced no problems. Touch is a problem, as you would imagine it is for most apps designed for Win7. One of the things MS applcations do is provide a "touch" mode. This simply puts

OpenOffice 3.4.1 is Compatible with Windows 8

2012-12-13 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I was running the Windows 8 Update advisor on my Windows XP SP3 Tablet PC to see what was incompatible with Windows 8. (I learned that the machine itself is incompatible - the processor chip does not have NX and Windows 8 will not install on it.) But the prize, scrolling down the