On Sun, 24 May 2020 10:30:58 +0200 Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 9:20 AM > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Re: AOO Product page - ambiguous wording? > > > > On Sat, 23 May 2020 22:34:03 +0200 > > Czesław Wolański <czeslaw.wolan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Apache OpenOffice Product Description, section "Why Apache > > OpenOffice?" > > > > > > https://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html#why-apache-openoffice > > > > > > Not being a native English speaker I have some doubts about > > one part (2nd > > > bulleted list, 2nd item): > > > > > > "It's easy to change to Apache OpenOffice - the software > > reads all major > > > competitors' files" > > > > > > From a purely linguistic perspective: is wording "reads all major > > > competitors' files" to be understood as: > > > > > > - it reads all files of major competitors > > > OR > > > - it reads files of all major competitors > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Czesław Wolański > > > > Best to rephrase: reads most file types of major competitors. > > > > I say "most" to allow for occasional inabilities to read some > > .docx and perhaps others not yet developed. > > They are developed. The filters for these formats are ready for integration > into AOO, but they only have to be integrated. > > The fact that this important work has not been done for years is simply a > disaster, because it forces more and more users to turn away from AOO. > > > grretings, > Jörg There have been (on Forum) some small number of .nnnx files that AOO could not read. Rather than make an absolute statement "All files", I prefer that one should say "most files", to cater for the odd "rogue" file that for some reason will not read. Rory -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
