Richard Rowe wrote:
biologist
write scientific papers and reports, often need to access material in
older file formats.
I think that providing a range of text file converters would be a big
plus for Open Office Writer.
MS tends to abandon Word formats on about a 5 year cycle, and loading
the appropriate converter 'from disk' can be an inconvenience in a
centralised situation where end users probablby don't have the CDs to
hand. OO's file converters are good (and I frequently need them to open
MS Word files submitted by students - files that don't open in MS Word).
Upside: works transparently, users happy
Downside: bloat?
Richard
You may want to consider purchasing Sun's StarOffice 8. It is basically
OpenOffice.org but includes things that can't be included in OOo because
of licensing restrictions, etc. Among them are a wide range of file
filters. It will run you about $79 list (cheaper on Amazon).
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Rod
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