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xslf Agent
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 11
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:28 am Post subject: Just wondering- Apple mail and NeoOffice docs |
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I am using OSX 10.3.9 and NeoOffice/J RC Patch 8.
I recevied today a sxw document by email, and was suprised to see that Apple mail displayed in inline, formatting and all.
How did it happen? Does NeoOffice add something to the OS to enabled this?
Just wondering... _________________ My website/blog (Hebrew) My Neo/J wiki user page (English) |
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Guest Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Interesting... I dunno how but with a Mac it's good to see the old adage apply again,
"It just works!"
*with all due respect for the herculean efforts of Pat, Ed and the rest of the Neo contributors* |
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pluby The Architect
Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Actually, I don't think Neo/J is being used by Apple's mail tool. Since NeoOffice/J cannot run as a plug-in, there really is no way for Apple's mail tool to display a Neo/J window inline. So, I would guess that Apple has added some support for reading and displaying OpenOffice.org files.
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jakeOSX Ninja
Joined: Aug 12, 2003 Posts: 1373
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:34 am Post subject: |
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hmm, that is interesting. i'll see if i can find a neo-less mac to test it on, as it would be good to know. (esp for people w/o neooffice)
-j |
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sardisson Town Crier
Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:09 am Post subject: |
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I just sent myself a .sxw file and Mail didn't display the content inline. I'm on 10.3.9 also....
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ovvldc Captain Naiobi
Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2352 Location: Zürich, CH
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Just wondering- Apple mail and NeoOffice docs |
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xslf wrote: | I recevied today a sxw document by email, and was suprised to see that Apple mail displayed in inline, formatting and all.
How did it happen? Does NeoOffice add something to the OS to enabled this?
Just wondering... |
What exactly have you done to your mac? Sounds like you have a miracle cure going on . _________________ "What do you think of Western Civilization?"
"I think it would be a good idea!"
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
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Terry Teague Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: Re: sxw document in Mail |
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pluby wrote: | Actually, I don't think Neo/J is being used by Apple's mail tool. Since NeoOffice/J cannot run as a plug-in, there really is no way for Apple's mail tool to display a Neo/J window inline. So, I would guess that Apple has added some support for reading and displaying OpenOffice.org files.
Patrick |
My guess would be that the sender of the EMail included both the original .sxw document, and a PDF of it (perhaps accidentally), and it is the PDF seen inline. I don't really know - I'm not a Mail user.
Possibly related - Kevin Hendricks added a patch to OOo 1.1.x to allow OOo to automatically open enclosures sent in Mail (or vice-versa, or something) - see External Programs in Options.
Regards, Terry |
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sardisson Town Crier
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:07 am Post subject: Re: sxw document in Mail |
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Terry Teague wrote: | My guess would be that the sender of the EMail included both the original .sxw document, and a PDF of it (perhaps accidentally), and it is the PDF seen inline. I don't really know - I'm not a Mail user. |
Terry to the rescue! That sounds very plausible (although I must admit I rather liked Oscar's idea that Shoshannah's Mac had miraculous powers!)
Terry Teague wrote: | Possibly related - Kevin Hendricks added a patch to OOo 1.1.x to allow OOo to automatically open enclosures sent in Mail (or vice-versa, or something) - see External Programs in Options. |
This was to use Mail to send documents from OOo...Patrick extended the options to add Eudora and Entourage in Neo/J 1.1
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Guest Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Sard said:
"This was to use Mail to send documents from OOo...Patrick extended the options to add Eudora and Entourage in Neo/J 1.1"
I'll have to try that.
I also tried to send myself an .sxw file in Mail and it showed up as an attachment instead of embedded, although I'm still using ancient NOJ 0.7. I also couldn't drag and drop the .sxw into Mail.app but that makes sense since Pat didn't add that capability until recently to the RC 1.1 version, I think.
Right now I use something called On My Command to be able to right-click (or command-click for you purist die-hard original equipment 1-button Apple mouse loyalists) to be able to "Mail file" or somesiuch which opens a new email in Apple's Mail.app. |
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xslf Agent
Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 11
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Ummm... do you see a PDF attached? I don't. Nither does Apple Mail.
And here is the document displayed inline, just after the sender's signature (which I blurred to keep his privecy):
I really doubt that this is a new feature Apple added- after all, I am using Panther, not Tiger.
That is why I asked. _________________ My website/blog (Hebrew) My Neo/J wiki user page (English) |
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val1984 Oracle
Joined: May 30, 2005 Posts: 229 Location: France
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe it's inlined HTML?
Press Command-option-U (or V, I'm not sure for Panther) to see if it's the case |
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sardisson Town Crier
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Lacking an image of the actual mail, Terry's was the best-sounding solution at 3 AM
Perhaps we're barking up the wrong tree...perhaps Thunderbird is parsing the file and putting the contents inline as HTML (like val1984 suggested) when sending the email...?
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