2007/10/17, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:17:28 +0000
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Is Open Office 2.3 compatible with MS Office 7?
>
> The "x" file formats ("docx" and the like) are proprietary, undocumented file
> formats created by Microsoft. At the moment, OpenOffice does not read them.
> This may change in the future when (if) some of the programmers figure out how
> the file format works.
>
> I believe you can save stuff as a regular "doc" file with Microsoft Office 7
> and then OpenOffice can read those.
>
> --
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
Hello,
All MS formats are proprietary, also the 'ordinary' doc and xls.
The docx, xlsx, ppsx are even more closed in, as they can't be read by
older MS Office versions either.
There are converters available (do a google search), one is
http://docx-converter.com/
--
Guy
using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
and brazilian OOo 2.3 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger
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