On 30/11/2013, Pedro <pedl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Doug, all > > > doug-2 wrote >> If you save your file in .doc 1997~2000 (or 1997~2003) every program will >> be >> able to open it. Never use .docx. > > > IMHO the only way to change this is to send ODF files and ask the users at > the other end to install a free ODF compatible software (LO or other) since > it is costless, while refusing to do so means that on your end you would > have to *buy* a software license from MS... >
Alternatively send odf documents and tell users they can open these file with m$o version>2010, but there will be differences. Ask users to save odf documents and consider the comparison table for text documents: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/differences-between-the-opendocument-text-odt-format-and-the-word-docx-format-HA010355788.aspx -- 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