-------- Original Message -------- From: James E. Lang <j...@lang.hm> To: users@openoffice.org Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:03:59 -0700
> --On Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:44:56 PM -0400 James Knott > <james.kn...@rogers.com> wrote: > >> Joraine Nothling wrote: > >>> 6. Is it compatible with the Office 2007 suite - i.e can I send them >>> Office 2007 docs which they will be able to open in Open Office? >>> >>> >> By default, OpenOffice saves in the Open Document formats (ODF). While >> Office 2007 & SP2 support ODF, that support is broken. OpenOffice can >> read & write in the older Microsoft Office formats and read Office 2007 >> files. > > So you are saying that OOo cannot properly write Office 2007 files? That > could cause me some grief. My boss has Office on his Windows Vista > machine at home so I'm guessing that it is Office 2007 and I have saved > him money by installing OOo on the office Windows 2000 machine. > Spreadsheets need to be read on both computers though they will > generally be updated on the office computer. It's a small operation and > his computer literacy level is nil. The problem (reasonably well described here: http://tinyurl.com/nyebee) arises if the Office 2007 user installs MSO 2007 Service Pack 2 and saves files in ODF format. Two options come to mind: 1. Set Office 2007 to save in the old MS binary format (eg. xls, doc, etc.) by default. 2. Install the Sun ODF Plug-In for MS Office: http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ and override MSO2007SP2 ODF function. See: http://blogs.sun.com/malte/entry/using_the_sun_odf_plugin This was discussed recently on the "Discus" mailing list: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=discuss&msgNo=64489 HTH Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
