<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">Thanks for the reply.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>On Tuesday 31 March 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote:<br>
> > Boy, I wish this were true. First, I have found that Open Office has a<br>
> > very difficult time with mixed Hebrew and English. Second, I have found<br>
> > that a mixed Hebrew/English document created with Open Office will get<br>
> > messed up when viewed with MS Word.<br>
> ><br>
> > Have others had a different experience ?<br>
><br>
> Yes, I have had no problems since OOo 2+. What versions of OOo have<br>
> you been using?<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p><p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Here's what Help says:<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>OpenOffice.org 3.0.1<br>
OOO300m15 (Build:9379)<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p><p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>> I do seem to remember that Hebrew text was indented<br>
> incorrectly once, but I do not remember that affecting me in the<br>
> recent past. I do not know if the issue was addressed or if I became<br>
> indifferent to it.<br>
><br>
> >> If you need to recieve and colaborate with MS Windows users, you have<br>
> >> two options:<br>
> >><br>
> >> 1) Buy MS Windows and MS Office and use them. I actually like<br>
> >> Microsoft's office suit, but I hate their operating systems!<br>
> ><br>
> > I have both. I just don't want to have to boot into Windows to be able to<br>
> > do what I need to do.<br>
><br>
> I see. It still might be your best option, though. I think that VMWare<br>
> can boot an existing partition, but I've never tried it (no Windows,<br>
> not even pirated!).<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Lucky you !<br>
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> >> 2) Convince your collaborators to use Open Office. This is suprisingly<br>
> >> easy, many people are willing to get rid of MS Office. Although I<br>
> >> personally prefer MS Office and use OOo out of necessity (Linux user),<br>
> >> I find that most people prefer OOo for some reason, once they see it.<br>
> >> Go figure.<br>
> ><br>
> > Sorry to say, not up to me.<br>
><br>
> I figured as much, but many people overlook this. Which is too bad, as<br>
> most people are actually thankful for the suggestion.<br>
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