There was nothing improper or rude in Dale's reply. SPF deserved exactly the mild response Dale provided.
The only rudeness I see is the sophomoric insult about Dale being a high schooler. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:53 AM, ArbolOne <arbol...@hotmail.ca> wrote: > Anyone might scold you for being so rude in your reply,Dale, specially me, > since I agree with Steve, but I am not that kind of person. However, who in > their right mind would presents a business proposal or write a business > letter double spaced? Dale! one might say, but that is because Dale is in > High School and HS students double space their homework so that teachers > can write correction notes. We, in the professional world, do not double > space our business letters. > > -----Original Message----- From: Dale Erwin > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 9:33 PM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; spf457capm...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Open office writer > > > On 3/3/2015 12:52 AM, S F wrote: > >> 1) It is quite hard to just 'drop an email to' open office. I don't >> really >> want to sign up, log it, make an account etc. So there is a huge >> disincentive to provide feedback to open office about stuff that people >> think should be changed. >> >> Assuming open office is trying to satisfy as many people as possible, then >> if we don't like it, open office should change it. >> >> Here's the thing: >> It is very frustrating to simply type part of a line, then go to the next >> line, and type part of a line without open office writer double spacing. >> So: >> >> Want this: >> >> Blah blah blah >> Blah blah blah. >> >> Get this: >> >> Blah blah blah >> >> Blah blah blah. >> >> I can single space partial lines by carriage return without causing double >> space on every app except open office writer; it automatically seems to >> double space. I don't really care why it does this, or how to get around >> it. Just change it, please! >> >> It is very very frustrating, making it impossible to create a >> professional-looking piece of writing. >> >> Thanks, >> Steve >> >> > Sounds like you want a piece of software that's engineered to your > specifications and screw the rest of the world and what they prefer. > Right? Well, Open Office is open source which means you can modify it > to do whatever you want it to. But you probably want someone else to do > it for you and for free, Right?. > How can you ever get a professional-looking piece of writing when you > can't be bothered to learn how to operate the software? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
