tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post4477057102547278935..comments2024-03-29T12:55:37.040+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Guests and VisitsDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-9051173863359588172011-02-06T00:36:59.430+00:002011-02-06T00:36:59.430+00:00Hi Darkduk,
You asked at the Kubuntu forum that I ...Hi Darkduk,<br />You asked at the Kubuntu forum that I might post my comment on Koffice in your blog or at Go2Linux. Since the request was specifically from you I will post it here.<br /><br /><br />You made a couple of very nice write ups about office programs and Koffice in particular.<br /><br />I would comment on two of your comments and add a third about Kpresenter and compatibility with, ultimately MS ppt.<br /><br />a)<br />The comment about Koffice "layout" being "confusing" is a word that I have seen used quite often in reviews.<br /><br />And, yes, indeedy, I was "confused" at first using Koffice because of the layout.<br /><br />I "wanted" to use Koffice for quite a while but didn't because of "compatibility problems". When the compatibility with OO was resolved (don't know what version) I sat down to really "use" Koffice and discovered that the whole "panel on the side" thing works very well for me for one really big reason.<br /><br />For the particular uses that I have there is a greatly reduced amount of "mouse movement". <br /><br />By that, I mean, that the panel to the right allows one to "swing the mouse" to the right to do most functions that are used a lot as opposed to moving "up and to the left" across the whole "window".<br /><br />For me, this is a GREAT advantage because I do so much word processing and my hands get numb.<br /><br />I've written on this at other places and had people comment: "well, you can move the panels and bars wherever you want even with MS products."<br /><br />I agree, but the "integration" of things is, to me, "cumbersome".<br /><br />Koffice seems, to me at least, to have put a lot of thought into the layout and the "integration" of things so that they work well and even better, are very "snappy" in response.<br /><br />So....yes you are spot on in your comment, the layout is, indeed confusing at first.<br /><br />b) the comment about not having much working room in the word processor window when you rearranged stuff.<br /><br />Yes, I OFTEN run across that when I am working in several windows the big panel to the right "gets in the way" when multiple windows are open. I tend to use the wordprocessor on the left side of the screen so that the other windows can "lay over it".<br /><br />c) A comment on exporting(saving as) Koffice presenter files to MS Office ppt.<br /><br />The real TRICK is to keep the slides VERY SIMPLE.<br /><br />And that is the real trick to a "presentation" no matter what system is used.<br /><br />Most teachers I have seen just jam all of their lecture notes onto the slides and the students have to deal with miles and miles of text on a display rather than an overhead projector.<br /><br />The POINT of a "presentation" is that there is ONE idea on the slide, with maybe a sub idea, and a relevant image of some kind and then the teacher "lectures" ...."around" the information.<br /><br />One almost cannot go from a MS ppt to OO and then Kpresenter and cannot at all go from MSppt directly to Kpresenter.<br /><br />All that will be left is possibly the text. Everything else will be gone.<br /><br />What I do is:<br /><br />a) start with Kpresenter and have: i) one image ii) one large(paragraph head type thing) sentence and iii) one or two(possibly) smaller sentences. I do not "bullet".<br /><br />b) This then easily saves to OO Impress with no formatting problems.<br /><br />c) this then easily saves to .ppt or .pptx.<br /><br />I know, there are those who say that the woodsmoker is probably OCD about this, but it is my little effort to advocate FOSS.<br /><br />In about half, maybe, of my presentations I use a "Koffice" background so that the students can often "see the words" and maybe consider using Linux/etc.<br /><br />woodsmoke from Kubuntu forumsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-58542984907774022262011-02-02T16:15:19.269+00:002011-02-02T16:15:19.269+00:00I Like This Post !!
Great post
I don't Lik...I Like This Post !! <br /><br />Great post <br /><br />I don't Like guests in my house..but i like them in my blog :DD-C-Shttp://downloadcomputersoftware.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-679746808685090472011-02-02T00:14:07.498+00:002011-02-02T00:14:07.498+00:00Long post indeed, but a great one DarkDuck.
Thank...Long post indeed, but a great one DarkDuck.<br /><br />Thanks for being a guest at Go2Linux, you will always be welcome again.Go2Linuxhttp://www.go2linux.orgnoreply@blogger.com