On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :) > Yes. > > It is also good to keep an original in native LibreOffice format as > almost all other office suites and programs use the same format > natively. Even MS office can sometimes read it fairly well nowadays. > > However, as Joel said it is good to use > File - "Save As ..." > to save in the older Microsoft format to view on other machines. I > think it's listed as "PowerPoint 98/2000/Xp", something like that. > > This is also true if you were using Microsoft Office. Their native > format (.pptX) doesn't work as reliably on other versions of their own > program. The older format (.ppt) seems to be able to be read most > widely by the largest variety of machines and programs. > > You can edit Microsoft formats with Libreoffice but they tend to add > funny bits of unnecessary coding so it's better to edit your original > .Odp file and then only use the "Save As" option when you really need > to use the file on another machine. > > One of these days people will stop relying on the variable and > inconsistent MS formats that changes with each release of their > products and move to something more reliable that is developed and > agreed by a committee of software producers rather than by a single > profit-making organisation. Until then we just have to muddle along. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > On 13 November 2013 04:12, Joel Madero <jmadero....@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 11/12/2013 08:08 PM, June Newman wrote: >>> >>> I have libreoffice installed on a mac with os x 10.8. If I prepare a >>> presentation and put it on a flash drive, will it play on a windows >>> computer. I don't have the right adapter to connect to a digital projector, >>> and need to use a windows laptop. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >> Yes - but make sure to save it in a format that a) you can verify formatting >> works and b) will work on whatever Windows machine you have to put it on. If >> the Windows machine only has powerpoint (ie. no LibreOffice), save the file >> as a ppt, and make sure to check it before using it on a Windows machine to >> ensure that formatting looks right. Try to check it on a machine that has >> the same version of Microsoft Office. If you save as the default odp (the >> open standard which LibreOffice uses by default) there is a good chance >> you'll get errors if the Windows machine only has Microsoft Office. >> >> >> Best, >> Joel >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
