Does OpenOffice have a general settings for all its programs

Is there a general settings dialog, or only the setting per each program?

On 2/17/2015 5:26 PM, Adair Bordon wrote:
Is there a general settings dialog, or only the setting per each program?


http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/

On 02/17/2015 03:26 PM, Adair Bordon wrote:
Is there a general settings dialog, or only the setting per each program?


Hi Adair,

Libre Office (less buggy than Open Office) and OPen Office
are very similar. In Libre office, it is under the
Tools pull down (Options and Customize).

And no STINKIN' ribbons!!!

-T

On 18/02/15 05:34, T wrote:
On 02/17/2015 03:26 PM, Adair Bordon wrote:
Is there a general settings dialog, or only the setting per each program?

And no STINKIN' ribbons!!!

+1

And they come expensive compared to LO!

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Jeff

T wrote, on Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:34:33 -0800:

In Libre office, it is under the
Tools pull down (Options and Customize).

I didn't realize Libre Office installs on Windows.
I thought Libre Office was just for Linux.

Jeff Layman wrote, on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000:

And they come expensive compared to LO!

I'm not sure what that means, since I presume Libre Office is free
as is Open Office.

On 18/02/15 12:02, Adair Bordon wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote, on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000:

And they come expensive compared to LO!

I'm not sure what that means, since I presume Libre Office is free
as is Open Office.

Exactly. It costs a lot of money to have something that is hated by many
- the Ribbon. And there is no way of getting rid of it in Microsoft
Office without spending even more money on a third-party product.

Of course, if you don't like LibreOffice, and don't want to spend money
on the Microsoft's product, you could always try Kingsoft. They offer
you a sort of cut-down Word (eg no macros), but allow you to choose the
old menu system or the Ribbon at the click of a button.

--

Jeff

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:02:47 +0000 (UTC), Adair Bordon
wrote:

Jeff Layman wrote, on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000:

And they come expensive compared to LO!

I'm not sure what that means, since I presume Libre Office is free
as is Open Office.

LibreOffice is an "Improved" version of OpenOffice, done by
programmers that resented the way the Oracle was heading and left the
team.

http://practical-tech.com/developmen...lly-here/3153/

"In other words, the fork is official now. Oracle won’t work directly
with The Document Foundation, so LibreOffice is now a de facto
OpenOffice fork. Let the coding begin and the best program win."

LibreOffice won.
If unsure, try a portable version

http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable
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Shadow wrote:

LibreOffice is an "Improved" version of OpenOffice, done by
programmers that resented the way the Oracle was heading and left the
team.

True, but since then Oracle has given OO to the Apache foundation. I
guess it was too late for the product.

LibreOffice won.

Is that so? I've been trying (but not to hard) to figure out whether
one has a substantial lead over the other.

--
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tim at risingdove dot com

"Tim Slattery" schreef in bericht
...
Shadow wrote:

LibreOffice is an "Improved" version of OpenOffice, done by
programmers that resented the way the Oracle was heading and left the
team.

True, but since then Oracle has given OO to the Apache foundation. I
guess it was too late for the product.

LibreOffice won.

Is that so? I've been trying (but not to hard) to figure out whether
one has a substantial lead over the other.



Is there a link where the two are compared?



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On 2/18/15 5:02 AM, Adair Bordon wrote:
T wrote, on Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:34:33 -0800:

In Libre office, it is under the
Tools pull down (Options and Customize).

I didn't realize Libre Office installs on Windows.
I thought Libre Office was just for Linux.

There's also a Mac version.


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and it's gone!"

On 18/02/2015 13:39, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/02/15 12:02, Adair Bordon wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote, on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000:

And they come expensive compared to LO!

I'm not sure what that means, since I presume Libre Office is free
as is Open Office.

I guess Jeff was referring to consultation/help/assistance charges. Both
LibreOffice and OpenOffice are otherwise free to download and install.
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choro
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Exactly. It costs a lot of money to have something that is hated by many
- the Ribbon. And there is no way of getting rid of it in Microsoft
Office without spending even more money on a third-party product.

Of course, if you don't like LibreOffice, and don't want to spend money
on the Microsoft's product, you could always try Kingsoft. They offer
you a sort of cut-down Word (eg no macros), but allow you to choose the
old menu system or the Ribbon at the click of a button.

On 2/18/15 6:39 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/02/15 12:02, Adair Bordon wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote, on Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000:

And they come expensive compared to LO!

I'm not sure what that means, since I presume Libre Office is free
as is Open Office.

Exactly. It costs a lot of money to have something that is hated by many
- the Ribbon. And there is no way of getting rid of it in Microsoft
Office without spending even more money on a third-party product.

While you can't get rid of it, you can minimize it so it's not displayed.

Of course, if you don't like LibreOffice, and don't want to spend money
on the Microsoft's product, you could always try Kingsoft. They offer
you a sort of cut-down Word (eg no macros), but allow you to choose the
old menu system or the Ribbon at the click of a button.



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 33.1
Thunderbird 31.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

Adair Bordon wrote:

I didn't realize Libre Office installs on Windows. I thought Libre
Office was just for Linux.

http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/
Operating Systems
LibreOffice 4.4 is available for the following operating
systems/architectures:
Linux x64 (deb)
Linux x64 (rpm)
Linux x86 (deb)
Linux x86 (rpm)
Mac OS X (x86_64 10.8 or newer required)
Windows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice. The devs that left OpenOffice
didn't like the enterprise direction of that product and created their
own fork of the product called LibreOffice (perhaps as a gibe to denote
"liberate [open]office"). Then Orace dumple OpenOffice on the Apache
Software Foundation. OO didn't fit in with their business goals and
they didn't want to support it anymore. I think it almost a year before
ASF decided the product was worth supporting and then finally came out
of "incubation" status with an update. It was Apache who officially
decided whether or not OpenOffice would continue. As I recall, IBM is
still the major developer deciding where OpenOffice will go, like
replacing its Lotus Symphony product.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOf...-oo_and_Oracle

Because of what Oracle did to OpenOffice, I have to wonder how long Java
will survive their further business decisions on another product that
generates them no revenue. Both OpenOffice and Java were products that
Oracle snagged in their acquisition of Sun. One down. How long for the
other to go the same way? Wonder if ASF really wants to bother
supporting Java, too?

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:48:02 +0100, "Linea Recta"
wrote:

"Tim Slattery" schreef in bericht
.. .
Shadow wrote:

LibreOffice is an "Improved" version of OpenOffice, done by
programmers that resented the way the Oracle was heading and left the
team.

True, but since then Oracle has given OO to the Apache foundation. I
guess it was too late for the product.

LibreOffice won.

Is that so? I've been trying (but not to hard) to figure out whether
one has a substantial lead over the other.



Is there a link where the two are compared?

Yes. I found quite a few links with the Google search argument -
OpenOffice comparison LibreOffice (I used Firefox).