On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > > On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote: > >> On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > >>> On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >>>> Who said anything about running windows? > >>>> The only windows I have are made of glass lol. > >>>> Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything > >>>> over much to do with Linux. > >>>> Thanks for the giggle, > >>>> Kare > >>> > >>> OK, but you can set up a UNIX virtual machine. Worst case would be > >>> needing qemu to emulate whatever processor your WP51 version was set up > >>> for. > >>> > >>> Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost > >>> certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way. > >> > >> At least she doesn't have to worry about "Styles." Most people do not > >> need a QuarkXpress or MS Publisher, and that's what LO is trying to be. > >> > >> Just like those expensive commercial programs, anyone who uses LO (or > >> OO) will either have to read and learn a lot of instructions or find a > >> > >> different solution. My solution is TextMaker from SoftMaker, which has a > >> free version for non-commercial use, and which seems to have just > >> > >> about all the features of the paid version. (I have no pecuniary > >> interest in SoftMaker, a German firm.) > >> > >> --doug > > > > Funny but I never had to learn about styles. However they are handier > > than applying individual attributes to common elements. And while > > LibreOffice is quite powerful, it's not Scribus nor Scribus-like by any > > stretch. It's just a modern, feature-rich word processor. That means > > allowing people to use styles when they want to or ignoring them when > > they don't. > > By way of example, flush-right-with-dot-leader is trivial in WP8 (the > native WP for Linux), impossible in LibreOffice without a "style" > which is absurdly difficult to create.
What does that mean, and why would one want to do it? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201412202025.13652.lisi.re...@gmail.com
