24K in Word (Office 2003) 8K in Open Office Writer (OpenOffice 2.0.4) -------------- Original message from "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --------------
> On 28/10/06, Johnny Andersson wrote: > > Since MS new formats are based on XML, wouldn't that be a good thing? > > Wouldn't it be much easier for developers of OpenOffice.org to write MS > > Office-OpenOffice.org file converters so that the converted file looks > > exactly like the original? And if (yes, I said "if") MS XML format proves > > to > > be better than odt, users of future versions of OpenOffice.org probably > > could save in that format if they want to. If conversions between MS Office > > and OpenOffice.org file formats were 100% accurate, which I think COULD > > happen with that new MS format, wouldn't this be an advantage for > > OpenOffice.org? I mean, as it is now, some people might not want to switch > > to OpenOffice.org, because they really need to edit MS Office files and > > they > > need them to look exactly the same wether they save them with > > OpenOffice.orgor MS Office. > > > > Johnny Andersson > > Although the new formats are 'standardized' they are not fully > documented. Also, if I've heard correctly (and I'm not an expert) MS > Office renders them slightly different than the spec- which is not > very surprising. Also, the spec has a _lot_ of bloat and requires that > the rendering application deal with conconsistencies. Try saving a > file with the text "Hello World" in odf on OOo, and in the latest doc > on Word. I'm interested to know the file sizes of the two. I don't > have MS Office here to check for myself. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://mechonot.com > http://what-is-what.com/what_is/drm.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
