On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 06:30 +0530, Adhin D wrote: > It is possible to open and edit .doc files using open office. Also you > can open the .docx files with it, but you cannot save it as .docx. The > open office suite bundled with Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic can open & > edit .docx files (which I believe someone modified the suite). I did a > bit of googling & found out the Novell edition of the openoffice have > similar capability. I tried to download the plugin alone (as I already > have the installation file of the stock OOO), but cannot do it because > of certain issues during registration (mentioned earlier in this > thread). I want a similar patch or plugin that could help openoffice > (windows version) to open & save as XML formats (.docx,pptx,xlx). If > somebody has it, or if it is available on alternate download > locations, please inform me.
I think the ooo version from http://go-oo.org/download/ has that feature. It is the same version used by ubuntu and debian. Please read : http://ostatic.com/blog/ooxml-why-is-it-bad-and-what-can-we-do http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/odf_ooxml_technical_white_paper to get an idea of why we should not use ooxml ie .docx etc.. regards, ~vimal -- Libarate your documents, Celebrate document freedom day 2010 Use OpenOffice : http://openoffice.org http://documentfreedom.org -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
