Openoffice.org has improved MS office compatibility!

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The newest Openoffice.org has finally fixed the problems that I had
with bullets and MS Office. Now I can worrly less about what my
documents look like in MS Office. This is one sweet program. Thanks
Openoffice.org team!

Regards,

javajeff
 
I'd want it to support MS Works as well-it's very popular, often comes with
new computers.
 
I'd want it to support MS Works as well-it's very popular, often
comes with new computers.
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Nothing supports MS Works. It's an indictment of M$ that even M$ Office
has very limited support for M$ Works, especially if one is using older
versions of Works. Works users should save their files as .doc and .xls
to be sure of being able to open them pretty much anywhere. M$ Works is
not alone in not being supported by OOo. WordPerfect is now coming with
more and more new PCs too, but OOo still has no filters for its files
either.
 
Hi Max!

Max Quordlepleen said:
WordPerfect is now coming with
more and more new PCs too, but OOo still has no filters for its files
either.
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And I doubt that they will develop filters for it. WordPerfect is no longer
available in localised versions. Therefore it is of no broader importance
outside of English speaking countries.
The OO development takes mostly place in Hamburg, Germany.
:-)

Greetings,

Joachim
 
And I doubt that they will develop filters for it. WordPerfect is
no longer available in localised versions. Therefore it is of no
broader importance outside of English speaking countries.
The OO development takes mostly place in Hamburg, Germany.
:-)

Greetings,

Joachim
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In fact, filters _are_ being developed for it. Some of its keenest
advocates are Italians, and a couple of them are active in OO as well,
and both import filters for WP, and an OO implementation of Reveal
Codes are underway, to varying degrees.
 
Now I can worrly less about what my
documents look like in MS Office.
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Shall we ever see the day when M$ users will have to worry about what
there stuff looks like in Open Office?

Paul M.
 
Max said:
(clipped) and an OO implementation of Reveal
Codes are underway, to varying degrees.
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Now THIS is great news! The reveal codes feature is what's always kept
me using WP. Now at last, I might be able to finally make the move to OOo.
 
Now THIS is great news! The reveal codes feature is what's always kept
me using WP. Now at last, I might be able to finally make the move to OOo.
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John, keep an eye on http://wp.openoffice.org/filter.html

"Last modified: 2003 Apr 26

Project Summary

The purpose of this project is to coordinate efforts to develop integrated
file filters for the Corel WordPerfect (tm) word processor. In other
words: we want to make it possible for OpenOffice.org users to import and
export WordPerfect files. What's been done so far?

A library, libwpd, has been written that maps WordPerfect's stream-based file
format to a structured document representation (such as OpenOffice.org's
XML file format).

Two WordPerfect import filters for OpenOffice.org have been written on top
of this library: a standalone filter (which may be run from the command
line) called wpd2sxw and an integrated filter component for OpenOffice.org
(using the XFilter framework) called writerfilter. Only writerfilter
really has any future: wpd2sxw exists more as a temporary solution for
people who have some technical knowledge and have an immediate need to
have their WordPerfect files converted (or simply want to aid in the
development process). Unfortunately, writerfilter is quite difficult to
install and is only recommended for the particularly technically adept
and/or adventurous. More information on these projects is available on the
libwpd website. (http://libwpd.sf.net/)

Regards
Gordon
 
John Corliss said:
Now THIS is great news! The reveal codes feature is what's always
kept me using WP. Now at last, I might be able to finally make the
move to OOo.
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Just don't hold your breath, John. The Reveal Codes project is only at
"parameter definition" stage currently. A WP expert has produced a
document outlining what the project would need to achieve, and
including some suggestions on how some of those goals might be
reached. No coding yet, unlike the WP import filters, which are well
along. Still, tentative progress is better than none, I guess.
 
DC said:


I'm hating MS more and more each day!
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The Penguin is calling your name. Listen to the Penguin. Obey the
Penguin. Succumb to the Penguin.

--
Tiger

"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
 
Max said:
Just don't hold your breath, John. The Reveal Codes project is only at
"parameter definition" stage currently. A WP expert has produced a
document outlining what the project would need to achieve, and
including some suggestions on how some of those goals might be
reached. No coding yet, unlike the WP import filters, which are well
along. Still, tentative progress is better than none, I guess.
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I agree. And the way that format coding is done in programs like MS
Word and OOo is different from WP. That will make things difficult. I
sure hope they can pull it off.
 
Bob said:
How perfectly silly. Do they really think they can "lock" Office files?
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All part of M$'s strategy to deal with the open license "menace" and
to put competitors out of business. OOo will still be able to open
unlocked MS Word documents most likely though.
 
John said:
All part of M$'s strategy to deal with the open license "menace" and
to put competitors out of business. OOo will still be able to open
unlocked MS Word documents most likely though.
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The article tends to suggest that the idea of document locking is going
to be a bit of a rarity, hardly a significant move facilitating the
great takeover...

Leach added that even for organizations that adopt Office 2003, rights
management will still be the exception rather than the rule when
creating documents.

"It's not something that you would set up as the default, so that every
document I would create is rights management protected," he said. "It's
important that you make a choice to apply rights management to a
document for very specific reasons."

"It's pretty clear with digital rights management what it is and what
problems it's trying to solve," he said. "It's not going to be adopted
en masse, but I think they'll have a good rollout department by
department for people dealing with more sensitive documents."

Good article. Predictable over-reaction from the usual suspects though.
 
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