Stars Update Excellent

[Chris]

Thank you very much everyone.
I really hope this works.
Chris.

On 8 January 2011 05:44, swfiua at gmail.com <swfiua at gmail.com> wrote:

> PyUno is my favourite tool for OO automation:
>
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PyUNO_samples
>
> gnumeric is well worth a try as another Excel replacement.   Abiword is a
> good, lightweight word replacement too.
>
> Re: i the school asks for Office, that is what you should give them.   I
> find they are often not aware there are alternatives, so you should first
> show them the alternatives.   Don't over-sell them, but make them aware
> there are alternatives.
>
> John
>
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Tek Ang <rugbeeprop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> This is something that keeps me to stay with Excel. Also, I heavily use
>> the VBA to automate many things on the Excel.
>>
>> Btw, does anyone know a good resource to go to if I was going to learn
>> about VBA equivalent in OO?
>>
>> Tek
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com>
>> *To:* The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> *Sent:* Fri, January 7, 2011 5:21:26 PM
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: Stars Update Excellent
>>
>> I have to admit that if I had to use a spreadsheet for work, I'd stick
>> with Excel. I found OOo calc to be a bit cumbersome and lacking in plugins
>> such as ASAP and Microcharts, which are *very *useful in my line of work.
>> Fortunately I don't do any more ground method data preprocessing.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Leigh Honeywell <leigh at hypatia.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been running Office 2007 in Crossover for around a year and it's
>>> fantastic (well, as fantastic as Office can be :) ).
>>>
>>> Sadly, Office 2010 is known not to work under Crossover:
>>> http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name?app_id=7437 which
>>> means that it definitely won't work under Wine.
>>>
>>> -Leigh
>>>
>>> On 11-01-07 03:58 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>> > Try Crossover Linux (formerly Crossover Office). It's a paid product,
>>> > but probably offers the best Windows emulation going.  And it doesn't
>>> > require a Windows license to run (although the school probably does
>>> need
>>> > an Office2010 license). Office 2010 isn't on the list of "official"
>>> > supported applications, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't work.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/
>>> >
>>> > Codeweavers, who make Crossover Linux, are a major contributor to the
>>> > Wine project.  I think that much of the Crossover code eventually finds
>>> > its way into Wine.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Of course, if the school really wants to figure out Linux then they
>>> > should actually use Linux, and actually use native Linux applications
>>> > (and, preferably, open document formats too).
>>> >
>>> > --Bob.
>>> >
>>> > Bob Jonkman<bjonkman at sobac.com>          http://sobac.com/sobac/
>>> > SOBAC Microcomputer Services              Voice: +1-519-669-0388
>>> > 6 James Street, Elmira ON  Canada  N3B 1L5  Cel: +1-519-635-9413
>>> > Software   ---   Office&  Business Automation   ---   Consulting
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 11-01-07 01:09 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I have been in contact with my Georgian College Prof (dos)
>>> >>
>>> >> Today I dropped off two desktops, 1 Edubuntu & 1 Ubuntu, 2 power cords
>>> >> and 2 keyboards.
>>> >>
>>> >> They will be installed in the Georgian College Library next week to
>>> >> introduce Students to Linux and Promote our Stars Program.
>>> >>
>>> >> *_The College also needs to know if Microsoft Office 2010 will run on
>>> >> the above computers?? (wine?) I do not have Office 2010. Please
>>> Help._*
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I also met with the Sydenham Public School Principal, he will be
>>> >> bringing it up at his board meeting and with the Blue
>>> >> Water District School Board
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I was unable to meet with the O.S.C.V.I. High School Principal but I
>>> >> did leave our calling card and Stars description for her.
>>> >>
>>> >> I see no problem with moving the desktops.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Chris
>>> >>
>>> >> Linux Pusher
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >>
>>> >>
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