Caroline
I assume that you are at the same level of simplicity and find that the
help facility is like the curate's egg, good in parts. You type your
message in open office then save as, under file type, click on windows XP
which gives you a .doc suffix. Microsoft should understand this.
Robin
On 1/5/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Robin, I am a recent convert? to Ubuntu- which I find great- and I am
> useless at this klind of thing. the Help stuff is clear- ish - except
for
> some terms are hard to understand- But the biggest problem I have is
sending
> files to colleagues who use Microsoft- and they say they can't open
> them.Caroline
>
> On 05/01/07, Robin Menneer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Toby
> > If Ubuntu is to be as successful as has been mooted, the package
needs
> > to be lubriciously simple so that complete beginners with nil
knowledge can
> > take advantage of the secondhand machines which are said to abound.
For
> > instance I would advocate a starting screen, after loading, of a
> > typewriter-only facility with the keyboard control &c keys suitably
locked
> > sofly, So the newboy can, unless he uses the one menu which gets him
out of
> > it, can only use the machine as a typewriter with save, print and new
> > facilities. Then when he has mastered typing (or sooner) he can
elect to
> > move another stage towards open office etc etc. Many of the people
coming
> > into computing are those who have either been bypassed or actively
rejected
> > computing and are possibly candidates for open-source coupled with
cheap
> > secondhand machine, but a simple step-by-step initiation is needed.
What is
> > simple to you is impossible to most of them. I envisage a pensioner
> > attending a charity meeting being given a machine and being told just
to
> > take it away and use it. Comparing its procedures with windows is
not
> > useful. Dumbing down ridiculously is what's needed to get ubuntu
being
> > favoured by the masses.
> > Robin
> >
> > On 1/5/07, Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 12:29 +0000, Robin Menneer wrote:
> > > > Alan
> > > > Yes - cash book, address book &c. I didn't have a cd and had
> > > never
> > > > made one, nor had the facilities. I didn't need a cd for suse
but
> > > I
> > > > do not know what Novell have done with it since they took it
over.
> > > > You fall into the trap of comparing installing ubuntu with
windows
> > > > instead of the real world whch does exist outside windows. Yes
it
> > >
> > > > should get better if it's going to be much more widely used. I
> > > want a
> > > > package that I can click on on the web, chose the thicky
> > > (beginner's)
> > > > version and go away and leave it for half an hour, returning to
> > > find
> > > > the opening page offering help. Other more expert versions I
> > > would
> > > > possibly like to delve into later but would be happy ot go again
> > > to
> > > > the web so as to get the latest version.
> > > > Robin
> > >
> > > Hmm... I'm not quite certain what this means. I'm also unsure as to
> > > what
> > > you find sophisticated. It always all seemed perfectly clear to me.
> > > Could you elaborate some more, please?
> > >
> > > > On 1/4/07, alan c < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Robin Menneer wrote:
> > > > > > Alan
> > > > > > Cornwall. You can see some of my interests on
> > > www.cornishhedges.com.
> > > > > > (comments welcome). Yes, I agree about different needs -
all
> > > one
> > > > > > needs is a simple menu offering switchable facilities by
> > > function
> > > > > > rather than by name
> > > > >
> > > > > Email, Word Processing, Internet Browse, (more?)
> > > > >
> > > > > > Protection should be inbuilt with user status.
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe this is already there.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Surely in the 21st century we do not need an install person
> > > > >
> > > > > You said you got someone else to install for you. Installs are
> > > about
> > > > > as easy as I could imagine now. Insert cd, say yes take over
> > > hard
> > > > > drive, ok, english ok, then have a few cups of tea. Knowing
that
> > > > > nobody in their right mind installs windows themselves (quite
> > > > > difficult), I think ubuntu does pretty well and will probably
> > > get
> > > > > better too.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Aged
> > > > > > late-departed mother in laws should not have to be daunted by
> > > install
> > > > > > problems. I gather one Ubuntu difficulty was with the
display
> > > which
> > > > > > turned out to be merely a deficit in programming.
> > > > >
> > > > > The only display problem I had in many various installs was
with
> > > a
> > > > > dell laptop inspiron 1100 - this model was produced with a
> > > display and
> > > > > bios communication problem. It was easier to install linux
> > > (ubuntu
> > > > > etc) than XP even though I was using the original Dell CDs!
> > > > > --
> > > > > alan cocks
> > > > > Kubuntu user#10391
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > --
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> > > http://tibsplace.co.uk/venezuela
> > >
> > >
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