On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 21:12, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > The OpenOffice Writer is quite compatible with Microsoft Word, > but not at 100%: when you save a file with Writer, and then open it with > Word, > some information turns out to be lost or modified. > Isn't there in the Linux world > any application that be *completely* Microsoft Word compatible? > > Rodolfo
Let's change the perspective a tad. Microsoft Word is not compatible with anything else because they refuse to stick to a standard - and it even changes in between versions of MS Word. Originally, MS Word tried to work on the standard of being backwards compatible with WordPerfect and all the rest of the word processing programs - but not. Save your MS Word documents as HTML and ditto with OO documents. You'll be happier in the long run (and you can view the documents in a browser as well). MS Word is NOT the standard in document processing even though they want you to think so. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales ----------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free - Reboot is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 ----------------------------------------------- The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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