On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 14:06:44 PM -0800, Pedro wrote: > Two points: > > 1) LibreOffice only started embedding fonts in ODF files in version 4.1 > (released in July 2013); MS Office files have had this ability for YEARS. In > my opinion ODF files are NOW starting to be useful as an editable file > exchange format.
Fair point. I would really put "ignoring which fonts are portable" in the "over-engineered documents" category of my post, but you are right that if embedded fonts are a must, ODF isn't ready. > 2) Advocating ignoring MS files only makes sense on a personal > basis. Por companies that is absurd. that's why in the 2001 thread and in many other things I wrote since then I said that the way to practice that advice was to put pressure on public administrations to make them only accept/release in those formats. > Maybe academia could start that movement but it will take time > before it reaches the companies... maybe people should start that movement. Start to complain, even if you know that it won't accomplish anything immediately, whenever you are asked or given a .docx file. Otherwise we'll still be here in 2025 to hear from people that receive such files, and the only solution is to give up using LO. Marco -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
