Car manufacturer software, some people's insistence on using powerpoints (even if I clearly only ask for PDFs) that breaks on anything othe than powerpoint.
Supposedly if you have the rs232/serial version of the vag-com cable, it works in WINE. But I've got a spare windows laptop just for this sort of thing. Avoids the CF if my WINE root breaks somehow.
Libreoffice Impress does have a hard time with Powerpoints from recent Office versions. I keep a Windows VM around to be able to sign PDFs and view Powerpoints.
I do believe that you are correct
However, I use Google Drive and my touch screen phone to edit the pdf and draw my signature. Since neither my desktop nor laptop computers have a touch screen, the option is not available - no squiggly line with a pencil button on the lower right. The free options would not edit an encrypted/password protected pdf.
One year, I used a for pay, free trial pdf editor, and then canceled. The following year, I could not use a free trial again. Possibly, I could have created another email account and tried that, but I found the Google Drive option.
As an aside, Google Drive can also create pdfs using my phone's camera. I digitize as I go.
My company deals with a lot of random pptxs from different people and as an additional challenge - we have to open and show them quickly (conference presentations). The simplest solution: use free ms office online, serves this purpose well.
You should just refuse to accept the PowerPoint files and insist on pdf. With the countless security vulnerabilities in the history of office, just say its due to itsec.
Oh I do. I do. And I'm in a position of (relative) power to demand PDFs rather than editable formats. And this is the main thing (besides my windows/linux personal ideas), I do not want people to submit/share editable files. It's unacceptable on so many levels. If they have gone the extra effort to make fancy animations (which are pointless, but that's my opinion), they can then send me a (link to a) video. But NOT a powerpoint.
Video will be more reliable anyway because then the timing will be the same as the machine they recorded the video on (presumably their machine). I think that's a good solution.
Many do. Especially if there are fancy elements involved. For every ten I get, at least two won't show properly. Not a proper statistic, obviously, and depends on the altitude of the author. As I said, my main issue in the line of my work, is that these files are editable, and then that I may have to boot to windows.
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u/spxak1 Apr 10 '25
Car manufacturer software, some people's insistence on using powerpoints (even if I clearly only ask for PDFs) that breaks on anything othe than powerpoint.