YES M$ does have a "patch" if you want to call it that.
I have tried it on 2003 version and it seems to work.
It does take some time to find it on the M$ web site though.
I did try the junky 2007 version - trial version - and it ran
on my XP/Pro laptop. It was junky and hoggish, and I hated
the way it looked and worked. All I did was to use it for converting
the "2007 only" templates to an earlier version to use with OOo.
The "patch" working with 2003 seems to work just fine for that, now.
Now, if only some genius can only make a filter for OpenOffice.org.
Of course M$ wants the "docx" and such to become THE open document
standard, even though ODF's formats are now the ISO 26300 standard
(with M$ on the committee to choose one, they could not get their formats
approved
in the first place, so they want 2 ISO standards, ODF and their proprietary
formats)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@openoffice.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Re: word 2007 docx documents
--- Gary Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually the filter you mention for OpenOffice
from Novell will only work with
> Novell version of OOo so I'm told. It will not
open xlsx documents yet. I've
> used it sucessfully to send and recieve docx
documents from Openoffice on
> SUSE 10.2 (Novell) linux.
>
>
Do you know if M$ have released patches to allow
Office XP or Office 2003 to read the new formats?
Or is this an "upgrade if you want to stay
in the loop" deal?
It's worse. I was talking to a lady who actually paid
for Orifice 2007. She was supposed to load it on all
her three computers. She was most disappointed when
she found Orifice 2007 will only run on Window$ Vi$ta
operating system.
You can't just upgrade your word processor, you have
to upgrade your OS, and if your computer is a little
old, you have to buy a new one.
People are starting to see why I don't like Bill Gates
and Micro$oft!
Colin.
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