On Dec 20, 2006, at 6:20, DougT wrote:
Jay wrote:
Harold Fuchs <oo_volunteer <at> wolfeden.demon.co.uk> writes:
You must save the document in Word format. Use File>Save As and
select the relevant version (probably "97/2000/XP") of Microsoft
Word as the file type. Also make sure you have "Automatic file name
extension" checked. This will cause your document to be saved in a
format that Word can read. Unfortunately Microsoft Office is
currently deficient in that it cannot read/write ISO (International
Standards Organisation) format documents. Microsoft has committed to
rectifying this in the future. OpenOffice can read/write most Word
documents although they are not 100% compatible, particularly for
complex documents. The reason for tihs is that Microsoft does not
publish the inner workings of its format so other software cannot
guarantee to be able to handle all its subtelties.
Harold Fuchs
London, England
I believe this has changed with the new Office 2007 suite - all
documents will be in OpenXML format (published!), so hopefully future
versions of OO can do proper read/writes.
What does their (M$'s) Kool-aid taste like? OpenXML is *not* Open
Document Format (ISO 26300). Micro$oft is working to propagate a
parallel but different standard with a confusingly similar name to
sway the gullible in order to maintain their lock on the desktop.
They adopted this tactic only after losing business to to the REAL
open document standard.
DougT
Actually, it is not really a standard in other than name only as no one
can use it to create a competing product without violating Microsoft
patents. They grant a use of the patent for non-competing products
only. Also a standard implies that other programs of similar function
use the same standard. Since no other word processor can use the
standard without violating Microsoft's patents this is another reason
to not consider it a true standard. Also note the similarity in name
and use of the word "Open" to suggest an openess that does not really
exist.
Ross Bernheim
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