On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:17:10 +0300 Came this utterance formulated by Dotan Cohen to my mailbox:
> I found this terrific document onf the microsoft site which answers a > rather FAQ regarding ODTsuitability: > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102835631033.aspx > > Note that this document compares ODT with DOCX, not OOo with MSO. > No, it doesn't. It claims to, then shows which Microsoft Word features can be saved, partially saved, or not saved in ODT format. In short, it compares Word with ODT (One a program and one a file format). First, remember that Microsoft Word DOCX is not OOXML or ECMA 376 but a prerelease of these formats. Note also that this document does not claim OOXML compatability as Word 2007 does not have any. One further thing i will point out is that OOXML compatibility is not expected till the next version of Office is released. However it may be impossible in the future to tell if one is dealing with a Microsoft Office 2007 XML document, an ECMA 376-1 or an ECMA 376-2 - ISO/IEC 26500:2008 document as no document version identifier exists within the three save formats yet. My conclusion is saving anything in Microsoft Office XML formats is stupid at present. http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm http://idippedut.dk/post/2009/02/06/Versioning-of-OOXML-(thank-you-for-all-the-fish).aspx As for the article, each program utilises different abilities in each save format. Each version of Office extended the Microsoft binary formats as features were added. I wonder how many of the features quoted can be Opened by Office 97 and 2000 from an Office 2007 DOC save file? In other words what they are really trying to say without, actually saying it is that Office 2007 DOCX is more tightly integrated with Word that ODT - Well duh! They were designed together to support each other. Many programs have been made to support ODF as the default format - not just one. The fact that the existing DOCX format won't really exist much beyond Word 2007 should have a bearing in the save choice one makes. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
