Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

On 01/03/2012, Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote:
>
> > On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins <roger@sawkins.name> wrote:
> >
> > > I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be
> > > able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when
> > > loading
> > > Ppt in Presentation it does not always convert font and layout properly.
> > > Occasional tabs or spaces are missing or duplicated; occasional text
> > > boxes
> > > have text outside the slide, etc.
> >
> > Your are wasting your time. Make a cost-benefit analysis and decide
> > whether to use either LO or m$; do not bother trying to use both.
>
> Are we being rude today ?

No we are asking a sensible, direct question.

> The case Roger describes is something we all encounter when
> exporting/importing PPT documents. And while we do not control how
> (various) Microsoft products behave when using ODF, we can undoubtedly do
> a better job at making sure the import from and export to PPT (and PPTX)
> is smoother.

No thank you, instead m$ can do a better job interpreting odf12.

> And if this is something Roger wants to help (waste time?) on, who are we
> to decide whether that is useful or not. Instead of providing no hope to
> users, I would prefer if we would clarify how users can help
> developers improve our product.

Improving the native odf behaviour is more important than m$ formats.
You want m$ output? Buy a legal copy of m$o.

> So can we be a bit more polite next time and provide hope, rather than
> despair ? ;-)

Polite for odf, yes, but helping m$ remain dominant? No.

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