Re: Converting files from Word Perfect x7

2016-08-02 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Brian Barker wrote: > At 10:48 01/08/2016 -0400, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: > >> And only switched over to Word -- that is, to OpenOffice ... >> > > I think both Microsoft and Apache would be interested to read that you > found Word in OpenOffice. Did you also f

Re: Conveting files from Word Perfect x7

2016-08-01 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Good morning Brian, As one who learned WordPerfect in 1986, also via DOS and then Windows*, and used it on my first four PCs, I have no objection whatsoever to that Zamzar feature. In fact, I still have a copy of WP v8 lying around here somewhere...it came with the PC I bought in 1998**. I had a

Re: Conveting files from Word Perfect x7

2016-07-31 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Believe it or not, as of right now Zamzar still enables people to convert files *to* WordPerfect (wpd). Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communic

Re: Cancellation

2015-12-08 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello Mr. Cooper, You'll need to contact Microsoft. This is a list for users of OpenOffice, a free alternative to Microsoft Office. Good luck! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to s

Re: Phone Call

2015-07-07 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
I'll bet the house and dog that it was a scam. I'd report it at donotcall.gov right away! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst

Re: Boots, instructions, and unsubscribing

2014-07-27 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Jim, Having participated in online discussions since the Soviet Union still existed, I've run into my fair share of people who miss the instructions. And yes, that includes people who post "Please unsubscribe me" to the whole list. I get how frustrating that can be. Still, it's no reason to make

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of "MS Word only"?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello Marco, Thank you very much for your insight, especially as I had not seen the connection with requiring Internet Explorer 8+. As for OpenOffice, when I began the online application process and the got the initial list of questions, the one that dealt with MS Word specified that alternative

Re: Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of "MS Word only"?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
on Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:23 PM, japples wrote: > Another thought, it was clearly stated MS products were required. > Applying without the required products demonstrates the inability to > follow direction. > > Jack > > > Jeffrey Deuts

Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of "MS Word only"?

2014-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. I'd rather not spend $110 just to g

Re: Permission to use Firefox Browser

2014-04-07 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, Unless there's something in your request I'm missing, you don't need anyone's permission to use OpenOffice and/or Firefox. Good luck, and we're glad OpenOffice has worked out so well for you! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Lis

Thank you all for your help with AndrOpenOffice!

2014-02-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, Two months ago -- right after last Christmas -- I asked what you thought about AndrOpenOffice, and got some enlightening information. Thank you all, and keep up the good work! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Listen to the unive

Re: A suggestion for those un-interested in off-topic arguments

2014-01-09 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Actually, getting digest form means you get *all* the nonsense in the same message, and you have to dig through the whole thing to find *anything* you want to read. Then, if you want to reply to it, you have to do heavy-duty editing (or subject everyone else to receiving the whole digest, too). H

Re: What do you think of AndrOpenOffice? (nm)

2013-12-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
d paragraph indents I > don't want and don't know how to get rid of. I usually opt for Microsoft > Word when creating a new document. > > > > > >> On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: > >> > >> Jeff Deutsch > >> Spe

What do you think of AndrOpenOffice? (nm)

2013-12-27 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

Re: Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-08-03 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
ore. > > > On Saturday, July 27, 2013 08:01:56 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: >> On 2013-07-27 7:44 PM Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> > Larry, I thought LibreOffice was simply the new version of >> > OpenOffice. How is the latter the real thing, as you put it? (Also, >>

Re: Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-07-29 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
; > On Saturday, July 27, 2013 08:01:56 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: >> On 2013-07-27 7:44 PM Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> > Larry, I thought LibreOffice was simply the new version of >> > OpenOffice. How is the latter the real thing, as you put it? (Also, >> > since you said

Re: Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-07-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
ow this is not ideal. > > Clarence > > > On Jul 27, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch > wrote: > >> Hello Clarence, >> >> My wife uses LibO 4.0 and PowerPoint 2010. While in LibO, she's in >> Windows 7 Home Premium and saves the file as PowerPoi

Re: Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-07-27 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
t; >> We need to add a bug report for this. As a workaround, if she saves her >> powerpoint file >> as a ppx (powerpoint 97-2004 presentation) then it will transfer back and >> forth correctly in LibO. I >> know this is not ideal. >> >> Clarence >> >> >>

Re: Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-07-27 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
tes button to view the notes. > > Are you saving the file in Powerpoint 97 file format from LibO? > > Clarence > > On Jul 27, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch > wrote: > > Hello, > > My wife is willing to consider converting to LibreOffice 4 > permanently. Here&

Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

2013-07-27 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, My wife is willing to consider converting to LibreOffice 4 permanently. Here's her major issue, in two parts: (1) She does not know how to start or use Notes in LibreOffice Impress (the presentation part). (2) When she starts (and saves) Notes in PowerPoint, and then works on the presenta

Re: Vote now for 2013 Readers Choice Awards (About.com)

2013-03-05 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
> 919444360480 > 914422396480 > > > On 5 March 2013 05:25, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> The first category listed here, Favorite Office Suite for Windows, has >> both OpenOffice and LibreOffice as separate competitors. I've voted &g

Re: Vote now for 2013 Readers Choice Awards (About.com)

2013-03-04 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, The first category listed here, Favorite Office Suite for Windows, has both OpenOffice and LibreOffice as separate competitors. I've voted for LibreOffice since (1) that's what it is now and (2) it currently has a majority of votes, so we should not split the vote and let one of the corpora

Re: using tinyurl or is.gd

2013-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
is.gd's melange). And from what the link you sent says, it seems wise to >> avoid .ly domains. What is gd, by the way, Greenland? >> >> Thanks again. >> >> ernie >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> >>> On

Re: using tinyurl or is.gd

2013-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
nd the like. Cheers, Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com Your mood can affect how you read this e-mail. Please read it with a smile. (http://tonecheck.com) > > On Feb 24, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: > >&g

Re: using tinyurl or is.gd

2013-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Ernie Kurtz wrote: > James and Jeffrey and Andrea, thank you! I do appreciate the warnings. > > Now a related question: is it possible to corrupt an already tied URL? I am > working toward primarily print publication: if I put a tinyurl or is.gd link > in pri

Re: using tinyurl

2013-02-23 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:14 PM, James Knott wrote: > Ernie Kurtz wrote: >> >> Anyway, I prefer to use tinyurl > > > A lot of people refuse to click on a tinyurl, as it often leads to malware. > There was a recent issue with Yahoo accounts being highjacked after users > clicked on a tinyurl. Exce

Re: reveal codes

2013-01-21 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello Dan, On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > If you miss the way WP works as a text editor, why don't you use WP? Because for maybe a decade and a half now, Microsoft Word has been the gold standard in word processing applications. That's why WP can be saved into a Word-compat

Re: Page Number Question on Writer

2012-11-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
possible to do it all in one file. > > After saying this, let me make the disclaimer that I did all this before AOO > 3.4.1 so I am only assuming that it is still possible. > > Dale Erwin > Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 > Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU > http://leather.casaerwin.or

Re: Page Number Question on Writer

2012-11-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Doug wrote: > On 11/28/2012 12:29 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm finalizing my eBook manuscript on Writer. The only thing left to >> do is set up Roman numeral page numbers for the first three pages >>

Page Number Question on Writer

2012-11-28 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, I'm finalizing my eBook manuscript on Writer. The only thing left to do is set up Roman numeral page numbers for the first three pages (title page, about the author and table of contents) - or possibly only give the about the author and table of contents pages Roman numerals - and then Arab