[bksvol-discuss] LibreOffice bug strips page breaks from RTF files
- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 01:20:09 -0600
Hi all, just a heads up on s problem with LibreOffice, which is the new
free open source office suite software that's come out as an alternative to
Open Office.
LibreOffice has a huge bug in it that they've just officially documented.
It's supposed to correctly read in RTF files, but with the bug it strips
all the page breaks. I'm really disappointed. I downloaded it as an
alternative to Microsoft Office, to use it for proofreading, and it's
really good otherwise. They discovered the bug in this latest version just
two weeks ago.
If they get that bug fixed, I'm going to try again to use LibreOffice
instead of Microsoft Word for proofreading books. It's way better than Open
Office, and I'm really impressed with how powerful it is. They get bonus
points from me because it doesn't use those annoying ribbons that Microsoft
has added to Office.
Also, unlike Open Office, the programmers are trying to design LibreOffice
to be very accessible. It supposedly has all the hooks in it to work
correctly with JAWS. (The link to read about its accessibility features is:
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/accessibility/ )
If anyone has tried LibreOffice with a screen reader, I'd like very much to
know whether it worked well. If it does, once they get that bug fixed
soon, it might be a great free alternative for any volunteers that
otherwise might have to buy Microsoft Office. LibreOffice works for PCs and
Macs both.
Judy s.
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