If I modify a Microsoft power point presentation e.g. "CAP 101" with the Open Office presentation software, will it still work on computers that only have microsoft power power point ???
RM
Haven't tried with PowerPoint but LibreOffice Writer seems to mess with the formatting of Word docs when you open and/or edit them in either program.
QuoteYou can save your presentations in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for documents. This XML-based format means that your files can be opened by recipients who are not LibreOffice users: your presentations will be accessible with any OpenDocument-compliant software.
You can also open Microsoft PowerPoint files, and save your work in PowerPoint format for people still locked into Microsoft products. Alternatively, you can use the built-in exporter to create Flash (.swf) versions of your presentations.
I have always been able to open ppt with open office without needing to change anything, and it still works on ppt. I only use open office on my computer but I have to have Microsoft stuff for school. It should just open up straight as is
Why would you waste your time with OpenOffice? Microsoft Office is available to non-profits for almost nothing at Tech Soup.
Quote from: EMT-83 on March 24, 2012, 02:15:38 PM
Why would you waste your time with OpenOffice? Microsoft Office is available to non-profits for almost nothing at Tech Soup.
Yes, Microsoft Office may be cheaper for NPOs, Open Office is FREE, not to mention still very easy to use.
Quote from: EMT-83 on March 24, 2012, 02:15:38 PM
Why would you waste your time with OpenOffice? Microsoft Office is available to non-profits for almost nothing at Tech Soup.
Yes, it is, however
members are not "non-profits", so if you buy a copy for your squadron laptop, fine, for yourself, no.
Also, since Office 2007, Open Office has actually been a superior product with a lot smaller footprint. Unless you have a specific given feature not in OO,
I can't see why anyone would spend the money for MS Office.
I do most of my spreadsheets and other docs these days in Google, anyway.
I would never use google for anything but a search engine. It just doesn't sound safe enough.
Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on March 24, 2012, 03:32:01 PM
I would never use google for anything but a search engine. It just doesn't sound safe enough.
Split
http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=15007.msg270220#msg270220 (http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=15007.msg270220#msg270220)
If anyone needs office, PM me. I have a comcercial license.
Quote from: Extremepredjudice on March 24, 2012, 05:19:43 PM
If anyone needs office, PM me. I have a comcercial license.
Share-able legally?
OpenOffice presentations will open in PowerPoint if you save it in .ppt format. But as a backup, you can also export your slideshow as a PDF and use Adobe Acrobat Reader in full-screen/presentation mode to accomplish the same thing.
Quote from: Extremepredjudice on March 24, 2012, 05:35:55 PM
Quote from: Eclipse on March 24, 2012, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Extremepredjudice on March 24, 2012, 05:19:43 PM
If anyone needs office, PM me. I have a comcercial license.
Share-able legally?
Yes. It is legal.
I have no doubt it's legal, but how are you sharing it? Or are you just going to give it to the first taker?
Quote from: Eclipse on March 24, 2012, 05:52:02 PM
Quote from: Extremepredjudice on March 24, 2012, 05:35:55 PM
Quote from: Eclipse on March 24, 2012, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Extremepredjudice on March 24, 2012, 05:19:43 PM
If anyone needs office, PM me. I have a comcercial license.
Share-able legally?
Yes. It is legal.
I have no doubt it's legal, but how are you sharing it? Or are you just going to give it to the first taker?
I can give more than one key out.
I am going to give you the key, and then you download the trial from MS and input my key. (I can't upload the installer cause it'd be against ToS)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p7sIdIAwymc/T24M2UKGzDI/AAAAAAAAG8s/1G_w1UvfHHE/s398/lol.png)
I'm sorry, we're talking about software here. This just made me laugh pretty hard.
Quote from: NIN on March 24, 2012, 06:06:31 PM
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p7sIdIAwymc/T24M2UKGzDI/AAAAAAAAG8s/1G_w1UvfHHE/s398/lol.png)
I'm sorry, we're talking about software here. This just made me laugh pretty hard.
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Fine, I'll change it to FreeBooter (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freebooter).
OK, anyone can download the trial and use it legally. If you're sharing a single-user "key", that's illegal.
Quote from: Eclipse on March 24, 2012, 08:35:00 PM
OK, anyone can download the trial and use it legally. If you're sharing a single-user "key", that's illegal.
It is an OEM multi-user business license. The key has 50 users, and I have several keys.
If you actually read the EULA for that .. those still are not meant to be distributed willy-nilly.
..and the "OEM" ones are usually even more "restricted".
Face it. Those licenses are not designed to be friendly.
If they are truly "OEM" licenses, they can't be distributed at all unless they are installed on a machine, and then they are tied to that machine
for the life of the hardware, and non-transferable.
Legit OEM licenses are only supposed to be purchased and distributed by...OEMS.
Uh.. yup.
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/Default.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/Default.aspx)
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