Lost Templates w/install of 2.2.3

Ursmare · Red Pill Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 9

I saved my template file before I upgraded to 2.2.3 from 1.1.0. But I cannot find where to put the old templates. Also, I see a new file format for templates in 2.2.3.

How do I put my old 1.1.0 templates back in use.

Ray

jgd · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:38 am Post subject:

If you did not create new templates after upgrading to NeoOffice 2.2.3, try to replace your

~/Library/Preferences/NeoOffice-2.2/user/template with your old template folder.

Otherwise, you can drag and drop your old templates in that folder, or you can open your templates in NeoOffice 2.2.3 and save them as templates

File > Templates > Saveâ€¦ Select the "My templates" Category, give your template a name and click OK.

Jacqueline

Ursmare · Red Pill Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 9

J:

I went to library/preference/ and there is not NeoOffice directory there. I also opened an old .stx template then saved as a new .0tt, but it does not appear in the templates pull down anywhere.

Also, do you know if the "presentation" app works exactly like Power Point? I've just started building a PP Presentation w/Neo and I'm worried that all this work will be for not, unless this app. works where MicroSoft Power Point does.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

R

jgd · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:14 am Post subject:

Samwise · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:01 am Post subject:

IIRC, your old NeoOffice preferences folder (for version 1.1) should be named "NeoOfficeJ-1.1" (w/out quotes). I don't know whether the folder structure (NeoOfficeJ-1.1/user/template) is the same as in NeoOffice 2.x versions, however.

Your old templates may be in that old NeoOffice/J 1.1 preferences folder.

Ursmare · Red Pill Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 9

Thank you all. I somehow, after 25 years of using a Mac, got the library folders mixed up. Why are there 2??? thanks again.

As for "Presentation" I'm worried about spending 100s of hours building what I assume to be a "Power Point" presentation in NEO's "Presentation" app. only to find when I arrive at the venue that it will not open, using the host's PC.

Will a NEO Presentation open in PowerPoint, on a PC?

Ray

pluby · The Architect Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949

Ursmare · Red Pill Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 9

Pluby:

I see that Presentation allows a "save as" in what seems to be a MicroSoft compatible format - .pptx. Will that .pptx file work on a PC?

R

Samwise · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:45 am Post subject:

.pptx is the PowerPoint 2007 format. It will only work in Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac.

The PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (.ppt) will work in any versions of Microsoft Office since Office 97, and the PowerPoint 97/2000/XP import/export filters in OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice are much more solid than the Office 2007 filters, which are still experimental. Still, 100% accuracy cannot be guaranteed, and there will always be some documents that will lose some of the formatting when opened in another program like Microsoft Office. Most documents should be fine though.

Also, in order to minimize the potential loss of formatting when saving as PowerPoint .ppt, it is advisable to save in the ODF Presentation (.odp) format, and only save as .ppt when sending the document to Microsoft Office users.