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Merge lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/faq-macos-ppt into lp:openlp/documentation

  1. faq-macos-ppt
  2. Merge into documentation
Proposed by Raoul Snyman
Status: Merged
Merged at revision: 136
Proposed branch: lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/faq-macos-ppt
Merge into: lp:openlp/documentation
Diff against target: 31 lines (+8/-2)
2 files modified
manual/source/faq.rst (+1/-1)
manual/source/troubleshooting.rst (+7/-1)
To merge this branch: bzr merge lp:~raoul-snyman/openlp/faq-macos-ppt
Reviewer Review Type Date Requested Status
Tim Bentley Approve
Phill Approve
Review via email: mp+337112@code.launchpad.net

Description of the change

Add a section to the troubleshooting guide that explains that we can't use PPT on macOS.

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Tomas Groth (tomasgroth) wrote :

Should we update the C++ redistributable link to point to the 2017 version?

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1=== modified file 'manual/source/faq.rst'
2--- manual/source/faq.rst 2017-04-20 05:55:13 +0000
3+++ manual/source/faq.rst 2018-02-03 05:58:20 +0000
4@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
5
6 .. note::
7
8- PowerPoint, Keynote and LibreOffice are not supported on macOS due to limitations within the platform. This is
9+ PowerPoint, Keynote and LibreOffice are not supported on macOS due to limitations with the platform. This is
10 outside of our control.
11
12 .. note::
13
14=== modified file 'manual/source/troubleshooting.rst'
15--- manual/source/troubleshooting.rst 2017-04-20 05:55:13 +0000
16+++ manual/source/troubleshooting.rst 2018-02-03 05:58:20 +0000
17@@ -273,7 +273,13 @@
18 I have PowerPoint installed but it does not show as a presentation option
19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
20
21-Installing the `Visual C++ Runtime Redistributable. <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en>`_
22+macOS
23+^^^^^
24+Due to limitations on macOS, OpenLP cannot currently interface with PowerPoint, LibreOffice or Keynote.
25+
26+Windows
27+^^^^^^^
28+Installing the `Visual C++ Runtime Redistributable <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en>`_
29 has fixed this problem according to some of our users.
30
31 I am running a Linux Distro and cannot see the menu icons

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