Hebrew Under crossover

[Aharon Schkolnik]

Thanks for the reply.

On Tuesday 31 March 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Boy, I wish this were true. First, I have found that Open Office has a
> > very difficult time with mixed Hebrew and English. Second, I have found
> > that a mixed Hebrew/English document created with Open Office will get
> > messed up when viewed with MS Word.
> >
> > Have others had a different experience ?
>
> Yes, I have had no problems since OOo 2+. What versions of OOo have
> you been using?


Here's what Help says:

OpenOffice.org 3.0.1
OOO300m15 (Build:9379)


> I do seem to remember that Hebrew text was indented
> incorrectly once, but I do not remember that affecting me in the
> recent past. I do not know if the issue was addressed or if I became
> indifferent to it.
>
> >> If you need to recieve and colaborate with MS Windows users, you have
> >> two options:
> >>
> >> 1) Buy MS Windows and MS Office and use them. I actually like
> >> Microsoft's office suit, but I hate their operating systems!
> >
> > I have both. I just don't want to have to boot into Windows to be able to
> > do what I need to do.
>
> I see. It still might be your best option, though. I think that VMWare
> can boot an existing partition, but I've never tried it (no Windows,
> not even pirated!).

Lucky you !

>
> >> 2) Convince your collaborators to use Open Office. This is suprisingly
> >> easy, many people are willing to get rid of MS Office. Although I
> >> personally prefer MS Office and use OOo out of necessity (Linux user),
> >> I find that most people prefer OOo for some reason, once they see it.
> >> Go figure.
> >
> > Sorry to say, not up to me.
>
> I figured as much, but many people overlook this. Which is too bad, as
> most people are actually thankful for the suggestion.

Yeah, too bad.


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