[discuss] MS Office plugin?
Hello guys, Why don't developers make some plugin for MS Office so it could open *.odt and other OpenOffice files? It's a problem, when someone make and send *.otd file in a e-mail, when receipent doesn't have OpenOffice installed. Often a receipent don't know or doesn't want to install OpenOffice suite so he could open OpenOffice files (*.odt for example) So our OpenOffice document creator is forced to save it in a *.doc format so receipent could read it... OpenOffice *.doc is not 100% compatible with MS Office *.doc so our MS Office receipent often sees OpenOffice *.doc with some formatting errors. New MS Office 2007 has a new *.docx format which OpenOffice cannot open. This problems maybe could be solved by making an plugin for MS Office which would enable MS Office to open OpenOffice formats. Our MS Office receipent then would install tiny plugin and could open OpenOffice sender's file with no problem. Sender could even send this plugin in attachent. Think about it. Best regards, -- Bojan Stojanović Network Co. A.D. sistem administrator tel: +381 11 2040 936 -- Bojan Stojanović Network Co. A.D. sistem administrator tel: +381 11 2040 936
Re: [discuss] MS Office plugin?
Bojan Stojanovic wrote: Hello guys, Why don't developers make some plugin for MS Office so it could open *.odt and other OpenOffice files? It's a problem, when someone make and send *.otd file in a e-mail, when receipent doesn't have OpenOffice installed. Often a receipent don't know or doesn't want to install OpenOffice suite so he could open OpenOffice files (*.odt for example) So our OpenOffice document creator is forced to save it in a *.doc format so receipent could read it... OpenOffice *.doc is not 100% compatible with MS Office *.doc so our MS Office receipent often sees OpenOffice *.doc with some formatting errors. New MS Office 2007 has a new *.docx format which OpenOffice cannot open. This problems maybe could be solved by making an plugin for MS Office which would enable MS Office to open OpenOffice formats. Our MS Office receipent then would install tiny plugin and could open OpenOffice sender's file with no problem. Sender could even send this plugin in attachent. Think about it. Best regards, Actually MS is in the process of doing this now. The reader filter should be available before Xmas from what I have been reading. It shouldn't be that hard for MS software writers as there is documentation for all the coding available without having to jump through the hoops that MS makes others go through for their documentation. Maybe MS is trying hard to find a way to make the conversion not work as expected and cover their tracks at the same time. Of course they are using an outside agency to write the code. There is a plugin for viewing ODF files in a browser. I don't have the link. -- Robin Laing - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] MS Office plugin?
On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 11:44 +0200, Bojan Stojanovic wrote: > Hello guys, > > Why don't developers make some plugin for MS Office so it could open > *.odt and other OpenOffice files? http//:www.fr0mat.net > > It's a problem, when someone make and send *.otd file in a e-mail, when > receipent doesn't have OpenOffice installed. > Often a receipent don't know or doesn't want to install OpenOffice suite > so he could open OpenOffice files (*.odt for example) > So our OpenOffice document creator is forced to save it in a *.doc > format so receipent could read it... > OpenOffice *.doc is not 100% compatible with MS Office *.doc so our MS > Office receipent often sees OpenOffice *.doc with some formatting > errors. > > New MS Office 2007 has a new *.docx format which OpenOffice cannot open. > > This problems maybe could be solved by making an plugin for MS Office > which would enable MS Office to open OpenOffice formats. > Our MS Office receipent then would install tiny plugin and could open > OpenOffice sender's file with no problem. > Sender could even send this plugin in attachent. > > Think about it. > > Best regards, > -- > Bojan Stojanović > Network Co. A.D. > sistem administrator > tel: +381 11 2040 936 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] MS Office plugin?
Robin wrote: Maybe MS is trying hard to find a way to make the conversion not work as That pretty much is what one can conclude, after reading the groklaw article on the Microsoft plugin. xan jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Motto of Nacarima. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
