On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 17:14, Steven Shelton <ste...@sheltonlegal.net> wrote:
> On 12/31/2010 10:03 AM, Kevin André wrote: >> I would suggest the following instead. Support OOXML completely, >> but when the user saves his/her document in a proprietary format >> display a confirmation message which says something like: "You are >> saving your file in a proprietary format. We cannot guarantee that >> the file will still open correctly in another program. Please use >> an open file format for saving your document if possible. Are you >> still sure you wish to save in the current format?" And display a >> checkbox below that can disable the message, or maybe add a note >> "You can disable this message by going to Options->....." and have >> no checkbox at all. And the message would appear by default even >> for the binary MS formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt, ...). > > This is a much better idea. However, I should note that even ODF > files--despite the hype--are not 100% on preserving formatting when > moved from one application to another. I have my letterhead saved as > ODF done in OOo, but when I open it in AbiWord the formatting is all > over the place. I know. But users need to be informed, even if it's with a short message that is not 100 percent accurate. Maybe a longer explanation could be provided in a help file or something, and then provide a reference to it from the short message. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
