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 >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > rikard blunck, phd > david geffen school of medicine > @ UCLA > dept. of physiology > box 951751 > 53-317 CHS > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751 > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for >the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain >information that is privileged and confidential. You, the recipient, are >obligated to maintain it in a safe, secure and confidential manner. >Unauthorized redisclosure or failure to maintain confidentiality may subject >you to federal and state penalties. If you are not the intended recipient, >please immediately notify us by return email, and delete this message from >your computer. >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
