On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 14:18 -0700, plino wrote: > Hi Jean > > The free version of the Sun ODF Plugin is still available and I often > > recommend it to the many people I know who are still using MSO 2000, XP, > > or > > 2003.<http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/Sun-ODF-Plugin-for-Microsoft-Office.shtml> > > > > But it's a 75Mb download... It's half LO installer :) > > The Open Source Add-in I mentioned is 4.5Mb (it does require .Net 2.0 SP1 > but most Windows PCs already have this, even on Windows XP) > > I didn't try the Sun plugin but if it is as fast and efficient as the Open > Source version I wouldn't it recommend to a friend ;)
All reports I've heard on it say the Sun plugin worked well, unlike the "Open Source Add-in" which, from what I've heard, did a very poor job of conversion in many cases. I don't have the time or energy to look up those reports, but I think at least one was by Rob Weir. That said, the Sun ODF Plugin is old enough that it may not deal with some of the newer features in OOo/LibO. And I agree, the file size is a disincentive. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
