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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Use of libreoffice to do high school work

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                      Amount I agree with John - text can't do
everything

(Sorry, can't do courier with Evolution)

On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 17:15 -0400, John C Nash wrote:

> In my statistics courses, graphs were kind of essential. While I agree with the sentiments
> of Bill's comment, statistics done with no graphs is generally a vegetarian steak dinner.
> 
> The real messages are:
>  - allow as much flexibility of tools to create material as possible
>  - specify a format that is adequate and also compatible with the first requirement
>  - this format should be relatively resistant to being messed up by the operating environment/
> 
> For me, pdf did the trick, but is isn't perfect. As noted in another comment in this
> thread, I also have found that LibreOffice works fine if you begin with a .doc created in
> Word. Bit of a nuisance, and I've no idea why this should be.
> 
> JN
> 
> 
> On 06/20/2012 04:47 PM, Stewart Bill wrote:
> > 
> > Written at the end of the last millenium:
> > http://www.livinginternet.com/e/ea_atsf.htm
> > 
> > On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 16:16 -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: 
> > 
> >>
> >> Which is why they should all be *.txt files.
> >>
> >>
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