On 30-4-2018 05:15, Tim-L wrote:
> On 04/29/2018 01:17 PM, Luuk wrote:
>>
>> On 29-4-2018 17:23, James Knott wrote:
>>> On 04/29/2018 10:23 AM, Tim-L wrote:
>>>> There was a question in it about wondering how to get the users of
>>>> Linux to save LibreOffice files to Microsoft Word formats.
>>> Why would we want to, unless we had to? The whole point of the Open
>>> Document formats was to be a non proprietary method that anyone can
>>> use. Unlike MS formats, ODF is fully open. Perhaps you should go to a
>>> site called Groklaw and read about all the nonsense with MS forcing
>>> their new spec through ISO, to make it a standard, when even their own
>>> implementation didn't comply with it.
>>>
>>>
>>> I use ODF formats unless I have a need to use MS, such as uploading
>>> documents to a web site that does not accept ODF.
>>>
>>>
>> You did forget to ask Tim-L what Facebook has to do with this problem
>> ...
>>
>> ;)
> I read a "question" about LibreOffice and then answered it. From that
> last statement, it could seem to be a negative response of unfriendly
> people. I hope that is was meant as a joke.
>
>
> Who can afford to buy MS Office these days.
>
> So, if your kids need to write papers that require MS Office formats,
> then Open Document Formats will not do. I know that over half of our
> local schools still have a MSO that did not even think about
> supporting a .odt document. So you either need to save it as DOC or
> DOCX to work with those computers.
>
> Why Facebook? Well I was talking about using Linux for its security
> option of needing a Root Password to install packages. Just give the
> users Firefox, Skype, and LibreOffice. Thats it. Then there was the
> comment about not remembering how to make sure the users defaulted to
> MSO formats, instead of trying to remember to save it to DOC/DOCX
> instead of ODT.
>
> You would not believe that info, and questions, that get on a Facebook
> Linux support group. One thread I am keep monitoring is what is the
> best distro of Linux and why.
>
>
>
You are trying to find a solution to a problem.
The problem is the wrong choice of the school ('only DOC or DOCX documents')
Try to solve the problem, and try not to find a work-around as solution.
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