Notes in Impress vs. PowerPoint

users
#1

Hello,

My wife is willing to consider converting to LibreOffice 4
permanently. Here's her major issue, in two parts:

(1) She does not know how to start or use Notes in LibO Impress (the
presentation part).

(2) When she starts (and saves) Notes in PowerPoint, and then works on
the presentation in LibO -- even if she does not touch the Notes while
in LibO -- when she re-opens the presentation in PowerPoint the Notes
are all fouled up every which way.

When she uses LibO, it's version 4.0, on Windows 7 Home Premium, and
she saves the file as PowerPoint 2007/2010 (.pptx). And she uses
PowerPoint 2010, also on Windows (she thinks Windows 7 for Government
but is not certain).

What does she need to do?

Thank you very much!

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com

"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

#2

Hi Jeff,

Sorry you got a less than welcoming response to your question on the
Apache list, but let's see what we can do to help you.

My suggestions are given in-line with your original message.

#3

Hello Dave,

You said: "It's not clear to me what you mean by 'how to start or use Notes'."

That's really the long and the short of it. My wife does not know how
to start or to use Notes, period. So I really appreciate your giving
me the links to the Documentation page -- including the Getting
Started and Impress guides -- and to Chapter 8 which includes
information about Notes.

Also thank you for seconding Clarence's advice about saving the LibO
Impress file as .ppt. (Do you also recommend saving it within
PowerPoint as .ppt?)

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com

"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

#4

Yes, you would save to the .ppt format in BOTH programs.

-- Tim

#5

Thank you very much for your help Tim!

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com

"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

#6

Hi :slight_smile:
It's often best to keep documents in ODF formats, in this case Odp, and just edit that version.

Just use the MS formats when you need to share with other people or when you need to use them on a machine where you might not have access to LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Google-docs, NeoOffice, KOffice, Caligra, IBM Lotus Symphony, GNome Office, MS Office 2013 or any of the other office programs that can read/write ODF formats.

Note that you could carry LibreOffice (and many other programs) around with you on a Usb-stick so that you can use them on any Windows machine without having to actually install them there
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable/
there are other companies offering a similar service and a similar range of software.  1 is even faster at getting the newer versions of LibreOffice then the people listed on the official LibreOffice page.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#7

Hi Folks

To follow on Tom's flash drive apps, I use a collection of apps that has a self installer and updater for flash drives, called PortableApps http://portableapps.com/. Depending on what you want out of the collection of apps, it will install automatically onto a flash drive for you, from anything the size of around 2GB up to 16GB (full apps is 9GB). And they cover LibreOffice, along with other suites.

I carry my stick with me everywhere, as long as I have access to a PC, I cam do everything without leaving any trail or file behind on the PC I use. A 16GB stick gives enough space to carry personal or work related docs too. You can even surf the web with nothing left on the host PC.

Hope this helps

Regards

Andrew Brown

#8

Hello Andrew and Tom,

Thank you very much for your advice. (Unfortunately, it may not be
applicable in this specific instance, since my wife cannot use any of
the ODF programs you mentioned at work, and she does indeed need to
share her files there. Also, she does not know whether her workplace's
strict security requirements allow for her installing her own programs
there or even using her own USB sticks.)

I will definitely keep this information in mind for when it will do
the most good. Thanks again!

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com

"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

#9

Hi :slight_smile:
Any idea which version of MS Office they have at her work-place?  If 2013 then stick to Odp.  If an earlier version then it might be worth saving in Ppt format for work but then using the Odp outside of there.

Using the Usb-stick method means she doesn't actually install anything at work.  It's just being used as a data-storage device but with an added extra. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

Hello Tom,

Her workplace uses Office 2010. So the save-to-.ppt advice would seem
to be best.

I mentioned security regulations. By definition, they're not based on
good people's good intentions, but on stopping bad people from
carrying out their bad intentions. That's why many places (at least
here in the U.S.) don't allow people to bring in their own flash
drives and the like...even if someone who wants to bring in a flash
drive may mean well, the drive may be virus infected. (Not to mention
that's how Stuxnet may have been able to attack the Iranian nuclear
centrifuges.)

Cheers,

Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com

"Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- http://www.MarionSpeaks.com