On Wed, 2013-10-30 at 00:14 -0400, dbclinton wrote: > Hi Tim, > Thanks for your note. I believe that my source was > http://www.idealware.org/articles/msoffice_vs_openoffice.php > - and specifically this: > > "Interestingly, OpenOffice can open substantially older versions of > Microsoft Office files than Microsoft Office itself can, or even > some corrupted files that Microsoft Office can't open. For an IT > department, OpenOffice is worth having around just for that." > > However, it would certainly be nice to confirm it. Does anyone have > anything else on this? > David Hi
The best way is to check the list of file types the current LO/AOO can open versus MSO 2013. I have seen reports stating that MSO (2010 I believe) could not open files used before OfficeXP. > > On 13-10-29 10:06 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: > > Hi David, I have nothing to add to the doc which I think provides a > > suitable launchpad to interest management. One comment though: > > > > Not only that, but MS Office 2010 and 2013 can't even open some > > documents created in earlier versions of MS Office itself, > > > > Do we actually have a reference point for this? If I was behind the > > bosses chair and I could see the impact of upgrading MSO then this > > would be a significant point. > > > > Cheers > > > > On 30/10/13 07:03, dbclinton wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I've completed a draft of my white paper making the business case for > >> LO over MS Office. > >> For now, for want of a better solution, I've branded it as part of > >> the LibreOffice Document Foundation and put it in its own folder on > >> the ODF site here: > >> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/white_papers/transition-from-ms-office-to-libreoffice-white-paper > >> > >> > >> For those who can't access it there, you can download a PDF here: > >> http://www.marbitz.com/portfolio/LO_White_Paper.pdf > >> I'm interested in any and all comments, corrections and thoughts as > >> to how it could be put to good use. Perhaps someone might also > >> cross-post this email to [email protected] - I've > >> tried a couple of times to join up only to be steadfastly ignored (my > >> email mysteriously disappears down the Internet's terrifying, gaping > >> maw). > >> Regards, > >> David Clinton > >> > > > > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
