> -----Original Message----- > From: Shannon Peevey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:41 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: docx (office 2007) from CF? (Cross) > > > > > > > > > > > Perfectly possible in a PDF file format. Sometimes without paying > Adobe > > > (OpenOffice v3, for example). > > > > I'm just a poor country chicken... but this here "OpenOffice" don't > seem > > like it's Word. > > > > Seriously tho' - the requirement is to do this in Word. It's > nonsensical > > to > > suggest non-Word alternatives. The client-side requirements are > immutable. > > > > OpenOffice can convert between Microsoft Office and other document > formata, > (server-side). (It's really probably the best there is at this). > OpenDocument Format is the original standard for file representation, ( > ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Open Document Format for Office Applications > (OpenDocument) v1.0), so I don't know why Microsoft pursued a "second" > standard... Last but not least, Microsoft Office will soon support > OpenDocument Format, ( > http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05- > 21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx).
And it could turn water to wine, heal the sick and offer sexual favors for free... but it's not what the client uses. Also remember: the MS XML format was first released with Office 2003 and refined for Office 2007 - the OpenFormat wasn't approved until 2005. Even Open Office itself still isn't (last I heard) in full compliance. There are also several problems with the standard that further explain MS's decision. The released version of the standard, for example, doesn't support tables in presentations (a staple of PowerPoint). There's no standardized way to include programmatic functionality (macros, accelerators, Smart Tags, etc - staples of Office). There are other features of Office not supported by the standard as well. Even the open source community can't decide... support ODF or CDF? And, of course, nearly all the documentation on this stuff is available in PDF (a format more closed than OOXML). But in the end you're absolutely correct: any format that gains significant critical mass is going to be supported by nearly everything. To be honest I'd be happy to see either on in day-to-day use. My (large, unwieldy and sluggish) company is still standardized on Office 2000 and a 9-year old version of DocuMaker Studio for online forms and letters. XML? What's that? We're far from alone in that... and I guarantee that one of the side-effects of the financial crisis will be a propensity to delay new software adoption among large companies. So this whole argument will be going on for at least another few years. > I see your point, though :) Oh... then nevermind. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
