On Thursday 18 March 2010 08:26, PJH wrote: > PJH has written on 3/17/2010 3:23 PM: > > > > You're saying that the person with Office 2007 should install an ODF > > plugin? > > I looked at that website and I was right. > > However, that is not practical when there are large numbers of Office > 2007 installed. > > And why should those people do anything to make their stuff palatable to > OOo users? "Let 'em buy Office 2007!!!" I don't see any motivation for a > dyed-in-the-wool MS user to want to use ODF, do you?
For one, Office 2007 does not produce OOXML quality .docx files as the product was launched[1] before the file format (1st edition) was released by Ecma[2], and way before the standard ISO/IEC 29500:2008[3] (Ecma 2nd edition[2]) was accepted. So the file format was not settled in that product. It will be orphaned off over time. Should OO.o or any other program read the Microsoft Office 2007 saved file format or the correct version as used by Office 2010? They are not mutually compatible. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-062007officertmpr.mspx [2] http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm [3] http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.htm?commid=45374 and http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51463 HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
