Comments on: Firefox and OpenOffice.org http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/ Paul Pehrson's technical writing blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: shixilun http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-148 shixilun Thu, 26 May 2005 02:58:22 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-148 Well, I'm trying to get OOo to work for me, but it's still missing stuff that Word has and that I like a whole lot, such as autosizing column widths in tables to fit the contents. And there are still some kinks to be worked out. I'm trying to display a three-column table within a two-column section, and OOo just won't do it right. Learning the API so you can use OOo Basic to write macros is also a bear. The docs are quite cumbersome, and the examples are minimal (unless you want to use UNO and Java.) Argh.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('148','shixilun'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('148','shixilun','Well, I\'m trying to get OOo to work for me, but it\'s still\r\nmissing stuff that Word has and that I like a whole lot,\r\nsuch as autosizing column widths in tables to fit the \r\ncontents. And there are still some kinks to be worked out.\r\nI\'m trying to display a three-column table within a\r\ntwo-column section, and OOo just won\'t do it right.\r\n\r\nLearning the API so you can use OOo Basic to write macros\r\nis also a bear. The docs are quite cumbersome, and the\r\nexamples are minimal (unless you want to use UNO and Java.)\r\n\r\nArgh.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well, I’m trying to get OOo to work for me, but it’s still
missing stuff that Word has and that I like a whole lot,
such as autosizing column widths in tables to fit the
contents. And there are still some kinks to be worked out.
I’m trying to display a three-column table within a
two-column section, and OOo just won’t do it right.

Learning the API so you can use OOo Basic to write macros
is also a bear. The docs are quite cumbersome, and the
examples are minimal (unless you want to use UNO and Java.)

Argh.

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]]> By: uryy4me http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-110 uryy4me Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-110 Thanks for the great info!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('110','uryy4me'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('110','uryy4me','Thanks for the great info!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for the great info!
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]]> By: gryffinkat http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-111 gryffinkat Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-111 You've made me remember how much I love FireFox, and how annoyed I am that I can't use it on my university's network. GRRR!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I had also forgotten about the HTML editor in OpenOffice. Ironically, I just spent about 3 hours updating my website (though I haven't uploaded it yet), using only Notebook. I wish I had thought to use OpenOffice for that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111','gryffinkat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111','gryffinkat','You\'ve made me remember how much I love FireFox, and how annoyed I am that I can\'t use it on my university\'s network. GRRR!<BR\/><BR\/>Oh, and I had also forgotten about the HTML editor in OpenOffice. Ironically, I just spent about 3 hours updating my website (though I haven\'t uploaded it yet), using only Notebook. I wish I had thought to use OpenOffice for that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You’ve made me remember how much I love FireFox, and how annoyed I am that I can’t use it on my university’s network. GRRR!

Oh, and I had also forgotten about the HTML editor in OpenOffice. Ironically, I just spent about 3 hours updating my website (though I haven’t uploaded it yet), using only Notebook. I wish I had thought to use OpenOffice for that.

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]]> By: Rich Pehrson http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-112 Rich Pehrson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-112 Are you getting paid for this?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('112','Rich Pehrson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('112','Rich Pehrson','Are you getting paid for this?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Are you getting paid for this?
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]]> By: Paul http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-113 Paul Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-113 I know, it sounds like I ought to be getting paid. But that is the great thing about the open source movement. Everybody contributes how they can. I get to be a promoter... spread the good word...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('113','Paul'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('113','Paul','I know, it sounds like I ought to be getting paid. But that is the great thing about the open source movement. Everybody contributes how they can. I get to be a promoter... spread the good word...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I know, it sounds like I ought to be getting paid. But that is the great thing about the open source movement. Everybody contributes how they can. I get to be a promoter… spread the good word…
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]]> By: Clayton http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2005/04/19/firefox-and-openofficeorg/#comment-114 Clayton Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.paulpehrson.com/blog/?p=168#comment-114 We have firefox at my house. And another thing that we have at my house is: Yappy's Dog treat. Yappy's dog treats gives your dog with the wholesome goodness that all dogs need. It can be found at your local pet shops and costco!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114','Clayton'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114','Clayton','We have firefox at my house. And another thing that we have at my house is: Yappy\'s Dog treat. Yappy\'s dog treats gives your dog with the wholesome goodness that all dogs need. It can be found at your local pet shops and costco!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> We have firefox at my house. And another thing that we have at my house is: Yappy’s Dog treat. Yappy’s dog treats gives your dog with the wholesome goodness that all dogs need. It can be found at your local pet shops and costco!
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