-----Original Message----- From: Gene Young Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:42 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF
On 8/31/2011 4:11 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jerry, > > As I understand it, the difficulties arise from differing interpretations > of > rtf syntax. I am not well up on this, but I believe that there is no > specification for this, and/or any specification is read differently by > different compilers of the format. > > Bob, Libre Office is actually a version of OpenOffice. The sponsorships of > OO.o have change several times, particularly in recent years, currently it > is Oracle, and it would seem that both they, and previous workers on the > project have continued with the work under a different title. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Oracle has abandoned Open Office, turning it over to the Apache Foundation. Its future is still being considered. The rich text format is a proprietary format developed and defined by MS. It is not surprising that WordPerfect, a bitter rival of Word, would choose to alter its own implementation. As has been stated both Open Office and LibreOffice handle it much better. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm Gene, I was obviously unaware of the change of ownership from Oracle to Apache Foundation, as I have not visited there website for some time. I just tried and see that is now like picking a needle from a haystack. I guess my next move will be to Libre Office, if they continue the development. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
