On 1 Aug 2006 at 21:15, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 19:38 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hi ...? > > > > kc7hxy wrote: > > > > > > Are we going to be able to open and save to _Microsoft Works now > > > that Microsoft_ is making a few more dollars (Which I am sure the > > > need) by making us buy Word extra. > > > > Pls explain. It's not clear to me. > > Do you mean if OpenOffice.org is able to handle Word documents? Or > > that OOo is able to handle Works documents? > > Why would anyone pay money for Works anyway? Ok, ignorance. OOo is > more compatible with MSO than MS Works is, a lot more powerful and > free. Perhaps the marketing project should target Works users to > upgrade to OOo. > > Ian
I don't think anyone BUYS Works, do they? They get it free if they buy a Dell, for instance. Back in 1999, when I bought my Dell, I got Works with Word 97 included. This year when we bought a Dell laptop for my wife it included Works, but no Word included. So she has to use the Star Office 8 that the Open University gave her. I, of course, use OOo 2.0.3 from choice. But it is a good idea to target those people who get Works 'free', with the idea that they can get a proper office suite without paying any more. However, I gather OOo doesn't open Works documents. I suppose, for text documents, they can be saved to RTF and imported like that into OOo, but spreadsheets with formulae in them would be a problem. Tony --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
