On Monday 22 March 2010 18:02:27 John Dowds wrote:
> On 22 March 2010 17:44, Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote:
> > On Monday 22 March 2010 16:44:01 Paul Tansom wrote:
> >> ** Edward Beckmann <edward.beckmann@???> [2010-03-22 16:00]:
> >> > Of the many buggy and naff programmes my Mum used to use on windows,
> >> > card makers were some of them.
> >> >
> >> > As she is not savvy enough to just use open office to insert and
> >> > rotate images, does anyone know of a very simple linux program or
> >> > templates? I have had a quick look but only found one (free greeting
> >> > card maker 1.9.*), which has really low ratings.
> >> >
> >> > I find them naff, but simpler to explain to a 79-year-old than DIY
> >> > documents.
> >>
> >> ** end quote [Edward Beckmann]
> >>
> >> I'm not aware of one, but that's not to say there isn't. My mum used to
> >> use MS Publisher that came with the old (well, new at the time) Dell my
> >> parents had, so is there a template that would make things easy for
> >> Scribus? I don't have a machine with Scribus on to hand to check, but I
> >> would have thought one could be created.
> >
> > OpenOffice.org definitely has some.
> > http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=openoffice.org+greetings+card+
> >template&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=af53484c0
> >5009a1c
> >
> > in case the horrendously long hyperlink does not make it through the
> > email system, the search terms I used in Google were:
> > openoffice.org greetings card template
> >
> > I apologise for my incompetence with long URLs. I know what I am
> > supposed to do, it is just that I have never succeeded in doing it. :-(.
> >
> > HTH
> > Lisi
> >
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> You can use goo.gl to shorten google results. I use it as a chrome
> extension. Your link above can be shortened to http://goo.gl/yj4h
Thanks, John. But erm... how? That is the problem. I can't work out how to
actually _do_ it. From where did you get the yj4h??
Lisi
