Question about LO Writer and "complex documents"

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#1

Thank you;
           and for some good examples.

       BTW -
          here's 'compatibility' as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, which
I think is recognized as an authority worldwide :wink:

[1a state in which two things are able to exist or occur together without
problems or conflict

1.1a feeling of sympathy and friendship; like-mindedness

1.2 Computing: The ability of one computer, piece of software, etc., to
work with another]

       To me, fully compatible vs. compatible could parallel identical
twins vs. fraternal twins or clarified butter vs. butter or suede vs.
brushed leather or wood vs. wooden veneer or ... ... ... :wink:

       And I guess I'm a detailist - perfectionist if you would; I gave up
photography when B&W film became impossible to obtain -
          to me, in composing a photograph I consider all the components
yet with color photography - and now with digital images - the detailing is
impossible to obtain as it was when dealing with silver.

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Apparently the Microsquish definition of "compatibility" is VERY different,
perhaps even the exact opposite. Many people apparently think that
Microsquish is the only authority on anything to do with computers so
logically that might lead them to suspect all entries in the Oxford
Dictionary.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

I call dictionary abuse!

dictionaries don't prescribe how words _should_ be interpreted, they describe how words _were_ and _are_ used, the latter badly in the nature of the case since they usually lag behind current. people always get this wrong.

and Humpty-Dumpty is close, very close, to the truth:

#4

Hi,Does anyone know of a free app that can convert vector graphics from Draw into Photoshop Custom Shape format (.csh)? Draw doesn't export .csh directly; I did a quick web search but couldn't find anything useful.
/Gary

#5

Hi :slight_smile:
Inkscape has a lot of formats by default but i don't remember noticing
.csh. Perhaps an add-on / Extension / plug-in?

Interesting to hear Photoshop is so limited. Can it not handle standard
formats such as .Svg or .Eps?

It's not hugely surprising to hear it can't cope with Open Formats such
.Odg. This is a typical problem of proprietary programs. By limiting
their ability to use non-proprietary formats it can force people into
"vendor lock-ins". The problem is created by the proprietary tools but
somehow it's the OpenSource ones that get the blame and 'have to' solve it.

Open Source tools open things up to freely available formats that anyone
can use in any suitable program and in the future it will be relatively
simple to create tools that can read files saved in such open formats.
Proprietary formats keep changing and so it becomes increasingly difficult
to read older files.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#6

Hi Tomyes, PS can handle formats like that, but I want to actually add the shapes into the custom shape tool, which requires the .csh format. Full-blown photoshop can handle creation of new shapes, but I use an early version of Elements which doesn't have that functionality; hence my need to find some alternative if at all possible.
I checked inkscape, but that doesn't give the .csh format either.
/G.

#7

Hi :slight_smile:
I am sorry i don't know a good answer from this end of things. Is there a
Photoshop forum that deals with Photoshop problems?

All i can do is point to LibreOffice documentation;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

Both links have the same documentation but the wiki one includes links to
older versions as well as the pre-release single chapters which eventually
add up to the full books. So it's harder to figure out what is going on
with the wiki-page there but easier to focus on individual chapters.

I hope someone else has a better idea than me!
Good luck, apols and regards from
Tom :slight_smile: