Peter Vandenabeele wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to give an indication of the time line in which import > and export of the Microsoft Office OpenXML format (MS OOX) > will be available in the released version of OO.o ? Maybe the > timing will be staggered for the different types of documents (texts, > spreadsheets, presentations, ...). > > I am currently evaluating the sourceforge ODF plug-in for MS Office > 2003 and at first glance, it works reasonably well (my tests are > mainly executed with the batch converter compiled on top of mono > on Linux; thanks to Michael Meeks for getting that to work). The > converter is limited to .odt to/from .docx at this time. Support > for spreadsheets and presentation indicated by end 2007.
We hope to finish the development of the import filters for all applications in Summer 2007. We have no plans ATM to provide export filters. It doesn't mean that we won't have them later, but at least nothing is planned in the next year. Honestly speaking I personally don't think that we need export filters for OOX. The binary formats are enough to stay interoperable. But that's a judgement based on information that's currently available. OTOH it also means that I would need a good reason to change my mind in this point. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
