To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=43976 Issue #:|43976 Summary:|Add installation option to choose market-dominant |default file format for platform Component:|Installation Version:|OOo 2.0 Beta Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|ui Assigned to:|of Reported by:|oharboe
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 3 03:18:22 -0800 2005 ------- Which default file format to use is not something that the user generally has any influence over. E.g. under Windows the non-geek user generally has to use Word/Excel 2000 & PDF formats, because that is what the world expects. I would even go as far as suggesting that Word/Excel 2000 should be default file formats under Windows, unless the user knows what he is doing. It only does damage to OpenOffice reputation that a non-geek tells another non-geek that he can't read a document he received in email because he is using OpenOffice. It would be nice if this could be chosen at install time instead of being hidden in the options. Ximian even had a special version of OpenOffice that made Word formats default. I believe that this is the users interest, helps OpenOffice and hurts Microsoft. MS Office worst enemy is MS Office. If the older file-formats are alive and well and there are no compelling new features that act as an inecentive for upgrades, then why switch to a newer version of MS Office? If all you want are fewer bugs and less money shelled out, then OpenOffice is a better alternative than the latest & greatest MS Office. My 2 cents :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
