Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 1285 Location: Witless Protection Program
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject:
I was following some user comments on the fora and found the following items: What is NeoOffice?
Quote:
- Paragraph 4: "How does it do this? Get ready for a pretty technical explanation—NeoOffice adapts OpenOffice.org code that uses the X11 windowing system...."
Do we still need to say X11? I thought Patrick/Ed were using the OOo Windows base code?
- Paragraph 5: "At least that's the goal. At present (August 2006), ..."
Old reference
- Paragraph 6: "Best of all, even though it's still in the "beta" phase of its development, NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta is remarkably stable. It's actually ready to use right now. Thousands of people and organizations use NeoOffice to do their daily work!"
Needs to be undated to Release 2.1?
I did not check everything in detail but this page could probably use some other "minor" updates.
Philip ( Seems to be ... stuck on Marketing / PR! )
That's one of the locked pages (since it's our primary explanation of Neo on the wiki), so in this case Philip couldn't
I've fixed the dates/version stuff. The X11 reference is still correct; on Unix-like systems, OOo runs under X11. On the Mac, Neo replaces any sort of code that would use X11 with calls to Java, Cocoa, and Carbon.
Smokey _________________ "[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 1285 Location: Witless Protection Program
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:
Thanks all,
I think there was a vote and I decided to stay with my (one) strength.
I did get a Wiki login (sometime in the distance past). http://www.despair.com/disservice1.html
I seem to be Wiki-impaired and so I concentrate on other things.
And I did not remember that that page was one of the locked pages.
I remember the discussion..... ( I'm having some-timers disease )
Plus, Is it really safe to allow "me" the ability to ... Change wording?
Next thing I'd be thinking is that I could write ... code!!
Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 1285 Location: Witless Protection Program
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:
Got the first part ( Manager! ) funny!
I'm learning much more about the difference between Leadership (good) vs. Management (not ... so good)
Wiki's ... kinda scare me. All mods and codes and "text" - Oh MY! I worry that a(nother) (secret) vote might be taken by the Mystic Wiki Elves and I'll be forced to toil and slave in a dark and dingy ... Wiki for the rest of my lifes.
OR
Don't buy that excuse er... Reason. How about I can't edit the Wiki because it (still) does not have a "favicon.ico" So I can't see the link in my bookmarks (or something like that! )
Third part: slashies on articles?
Hmmmm, OH, you mean the \. thingies?
(Yes, I finally figured out the "\." is Back-Slash Dot. So I'm not hip / cool )
SEE! I'm easy to cornfuse.
Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 1285 Location: Witless Protection Program
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: "Tips'n'Tricks that somehow didn't make it to the help
I just found a GREAT link on the OO lists. Full of GREAT T I P S!
Tips'n'Tricks that somehow didn't make it to the help (yet) Multiple Sections for:
CONCEPTS
Some available extensions to OOo are the following files:
* Sun Weblog Publisher (from the Sun Store) -- Something New? Would these work for NeoOffice
* Professional Template Pack (from Sun Store)
HELP DEVELOPMENT
IMPRESS
- Inserting Spreadsheet Tables into Your Presentation
- Printouts of Your Handouts
Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: Midwest, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:27 am Post subject:
Philip,
I added all the links-except for Sun Web publisher--to the wiki, in various places. Even the ones you didn't give me links for!
I added the OpenOffice Help TNT blog to the Blogs section of the Documenation and Resources page.
The Impress and Writer specific tips I added to the appropriate component page. A little hidden at the moment, but I've been meaning to propose revamping those component pages and moving component-specific tips off the long Tips and Hints page to the component pages. Assuming I get around to doing that, the external links will then be in the right place, and more findable.
I didn't add Sun Weblog Publisher because Mac OSX is not on the list of supported operating systems. (It is for the Template Pack, so that got added to the list of Template sources on the main Template page). If somebody wants to spend the $10 and see if it works, I can always add it, but I am hesitant to do so when it looks like it is not mac compatible.
Joined: Nov 21, 2005 Posts: 1285 Location: Witless Protection Program
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:00 am Post subject:
Lorinda wrote:
I didn't add Sun Weblog Publisher because Mac OSX is not on the list of supported operating systems. (It is for the Template Pack, so that got added to the list of Template sources on the main Template page).
If somebody wants to spend the $10 and see if it works, I can always add it, but I am hesitant to do so when it looks like it is not mac compatible.
Lorinda
Thanks.
I have been waiting for someone else to look at Sun Weblog Publishing. I'm not sure if it would work with NeoOffice or not.
I have been thinking about the Templates pack. It would be interesting to see it it includes the templates StarOffice is "famous" for.
Guess what, I found some more stuff.
Quote:
Creating Forms in OpenOffice
Introduction
As part of the MVC Data Entry Alternatives project, OpenMRS is attempting to replace its current dependency on Microsoft InfoPath for data entry with open-source applications that utilize the XForms specification. One such alternative is OpenOffice.org, an open-source fully-fledged office suite.
This guide will show you how to [re]create the InfoPath forms that OpenMRS currently uses in OpenOffice. Everything in this guide will work on Linux, OS X, and Windows. It is a work in progress and will be constantly evolving.
Looks like it would be an interesting resource and a way to learn more about XForms in OOo.
Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 2028 Location: Midwest, USA
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:23 am Post subject:
I added the XML form link to the Writer Component page. I think Solveig has an article on XML, too, but I don't have time to go looking for it this morning.
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