[clue] File Permissions with Linux Mint 17 and LibreOffice 1.4.2.7

[David L. Willson]

I always wonder why the office apps don't have ps and png as export options. *Those* are standards. 

----- Original Message -----

> Modern PDF turns out to be more of a wrapper format than it used to
> be. Once upon a time about the only content you'd find in a PDF was
> EPS. That's pretty much still the state of things in Linux land.

> PDF never was an open standard. It is just a de facto one. Adobe owns
> it and continues to work to ensure that this stays true.

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:52 AM, M Paul Webb < m.paulwebb at gmail.com >
> wrote:

> > Linux doesn't have an application for creating PDFs that can be
> > modified and that can modify? That seems strange.
> 

> > (However, I do PDFs in my virtual box, using Serif PagePlus in
> > Windows. I save directly to the Linux OS. (Publishing is just the
> > one thing I still do in Windows). Then I can really finesse the
> > settings -- like auto fit text, and 11.25 fonts. The virtual box
> > works well, like an single OS with Ubuntu. And as much as I like
> > Evince, Adobe Acrobat Reader does display better and makes a better
> > impression on the readers. So I have to test on Adobe, as that is
> > what most people use.)
> 

> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Charles W Downing <
> > chuckdowning at earthlink.net > wrote:
> 

> > > Thanks, David.
> > 
> 

> > > On 04/01/2015 11:30 AM, David L. Willson wrote:
> > 
> 

> > > > Do they need to be able to modify your documents?
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > If not, consider exporting PDF. They will get a high-fidelity,
> > > > but
> > > > read-only "printed" version of your doc. That's what I do, most
> > > > of
> > > > the time.
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > If they need to edit your documents, consider using a more
> > > > primitive
> > > > format. Rather than .docx or .xlsx, use .doc, .rtf, .html,
> > > > .txt,
> > > > .tdv and so on. Maximize the ratio of information to
> > > > decoration.
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > Consider having another person, someone that can send documents
> > > > everyone can use, originate all the documents, so that you're
> > > > editing their format, rather than them editing yours.
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > --
> > > 
> > 
> 
> > > > David L. Willson
> > > 
> > 
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> > > > This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > Gang,
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > I have been a "clue" for about 15 years. I am on a Board made
> > > > > up
> > > > > of
> > > > > Mac and Windows users. I need to share files with all of
> > > > > them.
> > > > > However, when I save a LibreOffice Writer or Calc file as
> > > > > docx
> > > > > or
> > > > > xslx, a couple of them cannot open it. One of them claims to
> > > > > have
> > > > > Windows 8.x, while the other has a Mac laptop.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > I have spent the better part of today trying various options
> > > > > to
> > > > > save
> > > > > a file from Calc because of various "default" permissions
> > > > > settings
> > > > > using umask and other things, as suggested from Google
> > > > > searchs.
> > > > > Nothing seems to work.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > My problem seems to be that I sometimes forget to change the
> > > > > permissions of a file before I attach it to an e-mail. Even
> > > > > then,
> > > > > this week, the Mac user has been unable to open a
> > > > > spreadsheet,
> > > > > possibly because her program has some default setting.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > Help!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 

> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
> > > > > --
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
> > > > > Chuck Downing
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
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