[Leaplist] Re: OpenOffice

[Austin Denyer (Ozz)]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:08:15 -0500, patrick <pberry2 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> We have encountered that 'problem', which is only a problem because some 
> folks use some product that is NOT the approved Standard.
> 
> So all work is exported in odf, the acknowledged standard.  
> 
> Open Office really is the clear choice, and, to aim for some 
> compatibility, we can send formatted as odf.
> 
> Office 2007 will try to comply, I am certain, if Microsoft wants the 
> business.  

Remember too that Micro$oft Office has trouble reading it's OWN
document formats from previous versions.  I have often had better luck
opening an old Word document in OpenOffice, then saving it out as a new
Word document, then opening it in the new Word.

This gets even more crucial with the data retention requirements of SOX
etc.

Regards,
Ozz.
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