Okay. I am going to set a particular record straight here. Chad.
You're right, and you're wrong. Jonathon. You're right, and you're...
Sort of wrong.
A: Microsoft Word / Spreadsheet / and OLE formats are based on a
series of TTF font conventions and RTF(Rich Text Format) conventions
B: Microsoft "Writer" uses RTF 3.0
C:
Microsoft Windows Word 97 uses RTF 3.0
Word 98 uses RTF 3.5
Word 2000 uses a fully fledged version of RTF 4.0 but that was a
widespread alteration to the spreadsheet handles and formulas. Forget
opening a 2000 spreadsheet in Writer or Word 97
E: Office XP uses a new propriety format that's not called RTF 5.0.
Now it's called MSD, which is an chute from RTF, and backwardly
compatible with all previous conventions but pathetic at loading old
Word paragraph, footer, header, biblio, and other meta data that was
so elegantly incorporated into 2000 / 97
D: Office 2003 is entirely backward compatible with XP, except that
it's not at all compatible with Office XP. On the one hand, everything
will display fine, but don't try to print, unless you have a limitless
supply of paper. Your printer driver's all need to be upgraded...
Rigel
On 5/20/05, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Even my copy of MS Word has 97-2001 as a single file format. (It *is*
> Office 2001, so 2003 and 2004 aren't included since they didn't exist
> when the dialog box was writen.
>
> On 5/20/05, Randomthots <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jonathon Blake wrote:
> > > Chad wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>he will *HAVE TO* up grade. When a MSO 97 or 98 user comes across a MS
> > Word 2004 file, a .doc, he double clicks on it, and it opens without a
> > hitch. He does not *HAVE TO* upgrade.
> > >
> > >
> > > He _will_ have to upgrade. No ifs, ands, or buts,.
> > >
> > > MSO97 can not correctly read files created by MSO98, MSOXP, MSO2003.
> > >
> > > There are some _major_ differences in the file formt between MSO97, and
> > MSOXP.
> >
> > I'm curious then why the OOo "Open" and "Save As" dialogs lists Word
> > 97/2000/XP as one format. Whatever differences there are can't be *that*
> > major.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >>MSO users from 97 on up can interact with MSO user from 97 on up backwards
> > and forwards without any add-ons or special tools....
> > >
> > >
> > > So long as they have the same version of MSO as the document was created
> > on.
> >
> > Or newer, or somewhere in the 97/2000/XP range.
> >
> > Rod
> >
> >
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