I just downloaded Libre Office last night, and I have a couple of questions.

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#1

I have had Libre Office before, but not this newest version. For the most part, I like it. There are some things about it which are better than Open Office, and some things which appear identical to Open Office. 
One of my questions, involves an issue I encountered last night with administrator permissions. This is strictly a one person computer, and I AM the administrator, and I actually resent it when my computer tells me that I do not have permission to do anything on my own computer. It once made me so mad, on a different computer...that I spent hours trying to fix all the permissions, and ended up having to re-install windows, because I screwed it up so badly. I thought that I had myself designated as the administrator on this computer...but it seems that I am only listed as computer user with special permissions. The program would not even let me update it. 
My other question is...how can I reset the distance that objects will move when I press the space bar? I have the same problem with Open office. The space bar moves objects much too far. I want them to move at the tiniest possible increments for the utmost precision. I have used both MS-Word, and MS-Publisher for many years, and both these programs gave me this level of precision--but I currently have no copy of either, and can't afford them, either. I am NOT a Bill Gates fan, in any way, shape, or form...but I am used to working with word and Publisher, and I know how to make them do exactly what I want them to do. I know of no open source equivalent for Publisher...but, I wish I could find one. I also know of no open source program which will even open my old Publisher files. I wish I could find that, as well.

I am also an avid believer in open source, and I really appreciate the existence of open source software...so there has to be a way to make this adjustment. I need more precise control over the spacing and placement of objects that I insert into my documents.  Susan Hope Mason

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#2

Susan Mason wrote

I have had Libre Office before, but not this newest version. For the most
part, I like it. There are some things about it which are better than Open
Office, and some things which appear identical to Open Office. 
One of my questions, involves an issue I encountered last night with
administrator permissions. This is strictly a one person computer, and I
AM the administrator, and I actually resent it when my computer tells me
that I do not have permission to do anything on my own computer. It once
made me so mad, on a different computer...that I spent hours trying to fix
all the permissions, and ended up having to re-install windows, because I
screwed it up so badly. I thought that I had myself designated as the
administrator on this computer...but it seems that I am only listed as
computer user with special permissions. The program would not even let me
update it.

You probably need to un-hide the Administrator account (probably it doesn't
have a password...)

https://techjourney.net/unhide-the-administrator-account-in-windows-xp/

Then you can log in as the Admin and install LibreOffice from this account
(or change your account to admin)

Susan Mason wrote

My other question is...how can I reset the distance that objects will move
when I press the space bar? I have the same problem with Open office. The
space bar moves objects much too far. I want them to move at the tiniest
possible increments for the utmost precision.

Have you tried pressing Shift or Alt while moving the objects with the
cursor keys?

Susan Mason wrote

I have used both MS-Word, and MS-Publisher for many years, and both these
programs gave me this level of precision--but I currently have no copy of
either, and can't afford them, either. I am NOT a Bill Gates fan, in any
way, shape, or form...but I am used to working with word and Publisher,
and I know how to make them do exactly what I want them to do. I know of
no open source equivalent for Publisher...but, I wish I could find one. I
also know of no open source program which will even open my old Publisher
files. I wish I could find that, as well.

The Open Source equivalent to Publisher is Scribus

http://www.scribus.net/

#3

The best open source program that I have found to replace MS Publisher is "Scribus" (http://www.scribus.net).
The program works with many operating systems as shown on the download page (http://www.scribus.net/downloads/stable-branch/)

The current stable version (1.4x) does not directly support importing Publisher docs but there is a workaround. http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Import_Publisher_to_Scribus.

Version 1.5 will include an import filter fro Publisher.

Hope this helps

Regards

Tony Bray
tonybsa@mac.com
MacBook Pro 15 inch Mid 2009
2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM,
Mac OS X 10.11.1
LibreOffice 4.4.5
Scribus 1.4.4

Parallels Desktop 11.0.2
Ubuntu 14.04, LibreOffice 4.3.? Acer 15 inch laptop, 4 GB RAM
LibreOffice 4.4.5
Scribus 1.4

#4

Hi

LibreOffice Draw has an (limited?) import filter for publisher documents :slight_smile: