Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-07 Thread anne-ology
Government adopts Open Document Format To: lo LibreOffice users@global.libreoffice.org On 08/04/2014 04:21 AM, Andrew Beverley wrote: Word processor files will be saved with “.odt” suffixes, rather than “.doc”. I wonder how many people will try to just change the extension, without saving

[libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Beverley
Following on from previous threads, this is good news for LibreOffice: Government documents will use what are known as open standards for document formats. Word processor files will be saved with “.odt” suffixes, rather than “.doc”.

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is already quite a lot of FUD in the comments. Surprisingly only 2 posts about MS formats! I attempted to point out a few blunders in people's comments but my posts were t long and are now getting stuck in the moderators inbox. If anyone else could post SHORT comments to dispell

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread James Knott
On 08/04/2014 04:21 AM, Andrew Beverley wrote: Word processor files will be saved with “.odt” suffixes, rather than “.doc”. I wonder how many people will try to just change the extension, without saving as the appropriate file type? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good point! One of the posters, Angus, seems to be pushing people into thinking that is all that's required. I think i have covered that but just 1 voice saying it doesn't carry much weight imo. Or at least it shouldn't, imo. Regards from Tom :) On 4 August 2014 13:14, James Knott

Re: [libreoffice-users] UK Government adopts Open Document Format

2014-08-04 Thread Tim Lloyd
I would like to think that the people behind this will have provided a handy list of dos and donts to make integration a bit easier. If not let me know and I'll volunteer my services :) Cheers On 05/08/14 00:12, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Good point! One of the posters, Angus, seems to be