[users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi Ann (changing list to users@, since accessibility@ is wrong). With using OOo and ODF, it's very likely that others can read you documents, because anybody can download OOo, and many other applications have support for ODF, even MS Office starting with 2007SP1. Malte. Ann Jones wrote, On

Re: [users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 20/09/2010 10:34, Malte Timmermann wrote: and many other applications have support for ODF, even MS Office starting with 2007SP1. Support for ODF and Microsoft in the same sentence is an oxymoron - the ODF support in Office 2007 SP2 is lip service at best and deliberately broken at

Re: [users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread Malte Timmermann
Should be good enough for reading received attachments (home users, not enterprise) - didn't want to start the how-good-is-odf-in-mso discussion here. Malte. Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote, On 09/20/10 11:43: On 20/09/2010 10:34, Malte Timmermann wrote: and many other applications have support

Re: [users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread James Knott
Of course OOo can save in Word format too. There is also the plugin available that adds ODF support to MS Office. As I understand it, it's far better than Microsoft's support of ODF. Malte Timmermann wrote: Hi Ann (changing list to users@, since accessibility@ is wrong). With using OOo

Re: [users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread Robert Jackson
If you only want others to read your text, export it as a PDF. Bob On 20/09/2010 8:20 AM, James Knott wrote: Of course OOo can save in Word format too. There is also the plugin available that adds ODF support to MS Office. As I understand it, it's far better than Microsoft's support of

Re: [users] Re: [ui-access] Question about OpenOffice.org from new user

2010-09-20 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 20/09/2010 13:20, James Knott wrote: Of course OOo can save in Word format too. There is also the plugin available that adds ODF support to MS Office. As I understand it, it's far better than Microsoft's support of ODF. It is much better - unfortunately unless you have a copy already,