I hear your point. How about having the installer (at the end of the
installation) take the user to a webpage with a video explaining how to
save files in Office formats.
I think that would help OpenOffice catch on more.
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
052-763-7133
On 10-Jul-12 4:23 PM, RGB ES wrote:
2012/7/10 Shmuel Wolfson <[email protected]>:
I have a suggestion for OpenOffice that I think will help it become more
popular.
Most users are not very computer savvy. They are afraid of incompatibility
so they stick to Word which most people have. Therefore I think the default
option when installing OpenOffic should be to save files in MS Office
formats.
Sorry, but that's a no go: while import/export filters could be an
useful tools on some circumstances they are not and never will be
perfect. And the reason is simple: AOO is NOT a clon of MSOffice. Both
products work on different ways. Take for example Writer vs. Word:
Writer use page styles, something that Word do not know about so every
time you open a Word file you need to translate whatever Word do with
pages to the "page style paradigm", and then back from page style to
what Word use... even on simple documents this is a formatting
nightmare but if you go to something more complex you are calling for
trouble.
Being able to import/export from/to MSOffice formats is a useful plus,
nothing more and nothing less.
The general rule, applicable not only to AOO but to any software
product is: Always work on native formats, your life will be a lot
easier.
Just my 2ยข
Regards
Ricardo
