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by Jean-Paul Ginestier
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The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways
with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill off MSO in no time ... -- JP Ginestier 44 Columbine Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada M4L 1P5 Tel 416 690 7142 (Cell 647 284 9264) |
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Re: major problem
by sj_clement
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Simply store the document in a format that their software can use.
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Paul Ginestier <jpginestier@...> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:50:03 To: <discuss@...> Subject: [discuss] major problem The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill off MSO in no time ... -- JP Ginestier 44 Columbine Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada M4L 1P5 Tel 416 690 7142 (Cell 647 284 9264) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Robert Holtzman
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Jean-Paul Ginestier wrote:
> The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways > with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by > MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know > they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill > off MSO in no time ... What in the world makes you think that? "File" -> "Save As" gives you the option of 3 Word formats. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Ismael Fanlo
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Hello!
2009/10/12 Jean-Paul Ginestier : > The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways > with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by > MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know > they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill > off MSO in no time ... > This is a problem of Microsoft Office, not of OOo. But, in the SP2 of Office 2007 (and future 2010), this is solved: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Office-2007-SP2s-Full-ODF-Support-Checks-Out-Well-in-Labs-Tests-821987/ Greetings, -- Ismael Fanlo Ofimática y software libre: http://superalumnos.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Joost Andrae
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Hi,
MS Office users can use http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ Jean-Paul Ginestier schrieb: > The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways > with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by > MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know > they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill > off MSO in no time ... Kind regards, Joost --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Uwe Fischer
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Hi,
the original poster is not subscribed to the list. He will most possibly not be able to read any of these answers. Uwe Joost Andrae wrote: > Hi, > > MS Office users can use http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ > > Jean-Paul Ginestier schrieb: >> The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways >> with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by >> MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless >> you know >> they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would >> surely kill >> off MSO in no time ... > > Kind regards, Joost > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Clarke Rice-2
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MS Office 2007 supports ODF (as of SP2, 2009). However, formatting can get messed
when Word opens the doc. There is also concern over the next version of Office having ODF as part of an 'embrace, extend, extinguish' policy by MS - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish In effect, this *could* become a repeat of the death of Netscape - Frontpage saves an HTML file that IE opens but Netscape doesn't/can't/messes up. User concludes Netscape is broken, not the HTML. I'm all for MS using ODF - ending vendor lock-in, etc. However, I don't want to find out I have a bundle of files that claim to be ODF that only Word can open/properly render. Clarke On 14 Oct 2009 at 1:35, sj_clement@... wrote: > Simply save the document in Office format. You have more than one Office format from which to choose. > > ------Original Message------ > From: Robert Holtzman > To: discuss@... > ReplyTo: discuss@... > Subject: Re: [discuss] major problem > Sent: Oct 13, 2009 21:30 > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Jean-Paul Ginestier wrote: > > > The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways > > with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by > > MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless you know > > they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would surely kill > > off MSO in no time ... > > What in the world makes you think that? "File" -> "Save As" gives you > the option of 3 Word formats. > > -- > Bob Holtzman > Key ID: 8D549279 > "If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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Re: major problem
by Graham Lauder-2
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> Hi,
> > the original poster is not subscribed to the list. He will most possibly > not be able to read any of these answers. > > Uwe I mailed him off list > > Joost Andrae wrote: > > Hi, > > > > MS Office users can use http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ > > > > Jean-Paul Ginestier schrieb: > >> The major problem with Open Office is that it is not compatible both ways > >> with MS Office; in other words, an Open Office document cannot be read by > >> MSO, so there is no point in sending people such a document unless > >> you know > >> they have Open Office. If it WERE compatible both ways, it would > >> surely kill > >> off MSO in no time ... > > > > Kind regards, Joost > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... > > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... > > Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. Ambassador for OpenSUSE Linux on your Desktop INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@... |
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