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Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming
Date 2012-06-15 18:43 -0700
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On 6/15/12 6:36 PM, in article kqRCr.124053$4v3.55589@fx08.am4, "7"
<email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> wrote:

> Snit wrote:
> 
... 
> https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/257726/libreoffice_360_a_look_a
>>> t_whats_coming.html
>>> 
>>> http://tinyurl.com/6nwwy79
>> 
>> Top 3 updates:
>> 
>> 1) A Cleaner Interface - including better fitting the system themes
>> 2) Better Performance
>> 3) An Improved Writer - including better docx import
>> 
>> 1) Yes... UI work is important.  I keep saying that and noting how the
>> open
>> source community is picking up steam in this area.  OO3 had a huge focus
>> on this... good to see it continue.
>> 
>> 2) Better Performance is always a good thing... though OO3 made huge
>> strides
>> in that area and I do not expect to see as big of a jump here.  Maybe I
>> will be proved wrong (I have not downloaded the beta).
>> 
>> 3) Better DOCX support is very, very important.
> 
> 
> Nope - not even Micro Soft (a company with a soft small tallywhacker TM)
> has going much for it. Format switcheroo to milk money out of unsuspecting
> users also breaks compatibility with everything that got written for .doc.

One: this is a lie.
Two: part of the reason they moved to DOCX was to move to an open format,
     what your herd wanted them to do.  You should be celebrating.

> 
> Oh noooo!!  Dammit!!!
> 
> Welcome to Micro Soft (a company with a soft small tallwhacker - TM)

You have no idea what your own words say about yourself.

In any case, I truly look forward to LibreOffice.  OpenOffice was going
nowhere slowly... LibreOffice seems to be making good progress.
 
>> I know many in COLA say it is fine now... but it is not.  Not close.  Good to
>> see this was a high priority.
>> 
>> I look forward to trying it.  They say nothing of the example I have been
>> using - image rotation... but I saw nothing on the fixes for styles that have
>> already been included (and a very important and good update that was).
>> 
>> There may come a time when LibreOffice is a true competitor to MS Office.



-- 
The indisputable facts about that absurd debate: <http://goo.gl/2337P>
cc being proved wrong about his stats BS: <http://goo.gl/1aYrP>
7 simple questions cc will *never* answer: <http://goo.gl/cNBzu>
cc again pretends to be knowledgeable about things he is clueless about.

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LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Marti Van Lin <martivanlin@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 03:10 +0200
  Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-15 18:28 -0700
    Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-06-16 02:36 +0100
      Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-15 18:43 -0700
        Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2012-06-16 01:26 -0400
          Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-15 23:12 -0700
            Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2012-06-16 08:12 -0400
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming "Clogwog" <clogwog@anon.eu> - 2012-06-16 17:11 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Marti Van Lin <martivanlin@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 18:17 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming "Clogwog" <clogwog@anon.eu> - 2012-06-16 21:10 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-16 10:07 -0700
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 19:37 +0200
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 17:35 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Marti Van Lin <martivanlin@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 18:33 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 12:40 -0400
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 12:57 -0400
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 13:00 -0400
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 18:44 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Marti Van Lin <martivanlin@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 19:34 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-16 13:38 -0400
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming "Clogwog" <clogwog@anon.eu> - 2012-06-16 21:21 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 14:00 -0400
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                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 21:45 +0200
                Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Marti Van Lin <ml2mst@dontevenbother.invalid> - 2012-06-17 04:03 +0200
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-16 10:07 -0700
        Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-06-16 17:06 +0100
          Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 12:35 -0400
            Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-16 10:02 -0700
          Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-16 10:06 -0700
          Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-17 12:25 -0400
            Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2012-06-17 19:20 +0000
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-17 18:36 -0400
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-17 15:37 -0700
              Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-17 23:52 -0400
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      Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 07:16 -0400
        Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-06-16 12:33 +0100
          Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-16 12:10 -0400
        Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2012-06-16 10:28 -0700
        Re: LibreOffice 3.6.0: A Look at What's Coming DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-18 00:37 -0400
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