Good input. I think ODF is OASIS's baby rather than the W3Cs, but I like your explanation of what ODF is. I'm not as sure about having a separate "technical improvement" section: how about using bulleted lists as you suggest, but as a visual clue that this is technical information? I think this makes it easier for people to 'skim read' the page on the web if they are just after highlights.
Folks, thanks for all your comments. I've been asked by translators to get the text finalised by close of business today so that they can get busy... Thanks - John -- John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org Join the hundred million - http://why.openoffice.org On Sun, December 6, 2009 3:55 am, Christine Louise Beems wrote: > I comprehend 'brain dead', John :-) Following is some alternative copy > for > your consideration, prefaced by explaining that only the text up to (my > added) 'technical imrovements' heading has been revised... however the > text > following that (up to the <snip>) was left in place verbatim to include a > formatting note on Proprietary File Types and the text on Writer wherein > [as > the brackets identify] there is a sentence that seems to me to make no > sense > <smile>. > > Also in the alternative text, note the addition of a footnote aimed most > specifically at communicating accurate information to mainstream > reporters, > one of whom I heard on CNN the other day making comments regarding > OpenSource ideologies which (I believe) were errantly based. Anyway, hope > these comments prove useful. Glad my previous notes made sense. Thanks for > all the pains you take to 'get it right'. ~Christine > > NEW CORE IMPROVEMENTS > Faster start up times > OpenOffice.org 3.2 Calc and Writer have both reduced 'cold start' time by > 46% since version 3.0 was released just over a year ago. > > Enhanced ODF Support > Open Document Format (ODF) standards, as promulgated by the World Wide Web > Consortium (W3C)*, sets international compatibility criteria for the > electronic/digital storage of documents. > > These standards recognize the importance of interoperability and > intelligent > information exchange and seek, for example, to ensure that office > documents > created today on any given computer system will be readable by other > computer systems everywhere, including the technology of tomorrow. > > OpenOffice.org 3.2 has made great strides in compliance with ODF 1.2, > including closer conformance to OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specifications. > > Proprietary File Support > OpenOffice.org 3.2 supports the import of password protected Microsoft > Office XML files. (for a list of all supported file types, click here) > > [*footnote: The W3C is the main international standards organization for > the > World Wide Web. Founded and headed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium > is > made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the > purpose of working together in the development of standards for the World > Wide Web. W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software > and > serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web. As of 8 September > 2009, the W3C has 356 members. In accord of this ongoing improvement > process, on November 13, 2009, Mary P McRae, Director, Standards > Development > and Technical Committee Administration OASIS, initiated the public review > procedure for Part 3 of the OpenDocument Format 1.2 specification.] > > TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS > > As OpenOffice.org 3.2 currently requires a superset of the ODF 1.2 > specification, the software now warns users when ODF 1.2 Extended features > have been used. > > The document integrity check now proves whether an ODF document conforms > to > the ODF specification (this mainly affects ODF 1.2 documents). If an > inconsistency is found, the document is treated as a broken one, and > OpenOffice.org offers to repair the document. > > Proprietary File Support > OpenOffice.org 3.2 supports the import of password protected Microsoft > Office XML files. All document types are supported that are handled by the > MSO XML import filters: - MS Word 2007 documents (*.docx, *.docm) - MS > Word > 2007 templates (*.dotx, *.dotm) - MS Excel 2007 documents (*.xlsx, *.xlsm) > - > MS Excel 2007 binary documents (*.xlsb) - MS Excel 2007 templates (*.xltx, > *.xltm) - MS Powerpoint 2007 documents (*.pptx, *.pptm) - MS Powerpoint > 2007 > templates (*.potx, *.potm). [NOTE: This would be easier to read as a > bulleted list.] > > Encryption support within the "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP" filter allows > password protected Microsoft Word documents to be saved (using the > Microsoft > Office standard RC4 algorithm). > > Filters for AportisDoc and PocketWord now support type detection based on > DocType. As a result, files in these formats can be loaded without > explicitly selecting the document type in the file picker. > > When writing string data to SYLK files, embedded double quotes are no > longer > escaped by doubling; semicolons are now escaped by doubling. This improves > compatibility with files created by other applications. > > Support for Postscript based OpenType fonts > There are many high quality commercial and free OpenType fonts that are > based on Postscript outlines. They are now supported for formatting, > printing, PDF-export and display. > > Writer > Autocorrect word completion > Writer can remember permanently any additions to the autocorrect list > collected while working on a document. [A new CheckBox When closing a > document, remove the words collected from it from the list makes this > functionality more obvious.] <snip> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McCreesh" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:56 AM > Subject: Re: [marketing] [Fwd: [releases] 3.2 New Features page] > > >> On Thu, December 3, 2009 10:15 pm, Christine Louise Beems wrote: >>> re: "The 'New Features' page is the next level of detail, again aimed >>> at >>> end >>> users." >>> >>>>From the perspective of an end user (me) who is proficient with various >>> productivity applications yet ignorant about the >>> importance/significance >>> of >>> confirmity with OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specifications, ISO approved >>> vendor-neutral document storage, or the standard RC4 algorithm, most of >>> what's written goes way over my head and -- respectfully -- 'scares' >>> folks >>> who are of my ilk. >> >> Good points. Have a look at the new text about ODF. Not sure I can do >> much >> about RC4 other than put it in parentheses. >> >>> For example, in one instance it seems that what is being said could be >>> understood to mean that new OOo 3.2 filters enable the loading of many >>> 'unknown file type' documents without trying to figure out what program >>> to >>> use... but I am not sure if this is actually what is meant or if I have >>> misconstrued. >> >> Agreed and changed. >> >>> I do understand that the New Features page is not intended to be >>> 'promotional' copy. Also that a lot of people have far more literacy >>> with >>> these various technical improvements and will be favorably impressed by >>> the >>> things I do not understand. >> >> When the developers comment on 'New Features' they are keen to see >> precise >> statements of what has changed - which is often quite technical - so >> it's >> important to get feedback from Marketing Project folks as well. Do >> please >> feel free to suggest alternative text for anything you don't like. My >> brain starts to go dead after a few days of this :-) >> >> John >> -- >> John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org >> Join the hundred million - http://why.openoffice.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
