On Wednesday 09 June 2010 02:56, Mauricio Rubio Parra wrote: > Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the latest > Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether > this feature will or will not be available soon?
These formats are still a moving target. Microsoft has given the formats to Ecma which has passed them through ISO/IEC Standardisation process, but Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 use the formats as originally passed on to Ecma. There is therefore concern that the existing OOXML formats will become orphans when Microsoft Office does adopt the International Standard it helped to initiate. For the moment it is better practise to save in ODF formats or even DOC, PPT and XLS formats. ODF is an established ISO/IEC International Standard since 2006 and the old binary DOC etc. formats are well supported on almost all office software. HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
