Have you contacted these companies to request they add OpenOffice compability 
to their products? They way to make them change is to tell them, as a customer, 
that you demand it!

Also noteworthy is the fact that many of the add-ons required to make Microsoft 
Office usable for your needs are already included in OpenOffice: export to PDF, 
certain bibliographic tools, vector drawing, etc.

Thanks for your note,
Ben

On Monday, November 14, 2005, at 06:19AM, Rikard Blunck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

>Dear OpenOffice Team,
>I used Star Office for a long time (97) and like its features and
>functionality. In the scientific community, there is a great potential for
>open office, but nobody will be able to use it, unless the support from
>Adobe and the reference software (Reference Manager, Endnote etc.) is won. I
>had to switch to Microsoft Office, since these programs, which are essential
>for every scientist, do not support Open Office in a way they do Microsoft
>Office.
>I hope this may help,
>With best regards
>Rikard Blunck
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