Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-12-01 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of MHR Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 10:03 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Docx format ? On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Sorin Srbu sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se wrote: So

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-29 Thread James Matthews
You can also use google docs On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:02 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Sorin Srbu sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se wrote: So basically, CentOS+OOO3.1 vs WinXP+OOO3.1 scores 1 to 0. Good work CentOS and OOO teams! RBFG Thanks for the

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-27 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of mark Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 5:44 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Docx format ? Open Office 3 will do it. Yep, as well as .xlsx What about Powerpoint

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-27 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 9:22 AM To: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: Re: [CentOS] Docx format ? What about Powerpoint presentations, ie .pptx-files? Do they look anywhere

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:22 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Docx format ? Niki Kovacs wrote: Roger asked: Is there any way I can read a .docx

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 08:58 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: Indeed. I just gave it a try, it works. But I have to open the file from within OO, there's no preconfigured file association. I don't have a docx file here to try (though I suppose I could find and download one) but what if you

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Guy Boisvert
John R Pierce wrote: m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Yep, as well as .xlsx But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had to change the file format FWIW, the new formats are XML based, albeit compressed. in most theories, this is a good idea for

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Cheers, Niki Hi I don't install the CentOS Openoffice, instead install 3.1 from Openoffice web site. Seems to work fine with MS documents. Regards mg.

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread mark
Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:22 PM Niki Kovacs wrote: Roger asked: Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread MHR
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Guy Boisvert boisvert@videotron.ca wrote: This is the spread like a virus and bug the others method...  New PCs of my clients were sold with Office 2007 while the older PCs had 2003. Technical documents were loosing formatting, no matter what we tried.

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open in google docs and let them do the conversion work. Then download as what file format you want. Seems to work for my use cases. Cheers Didi

[CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Roger K. Wells
Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open Office 3 will do it. roger wells Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos --

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread m . roth
Niki Kovacs wrote: Roger asked: Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open Office 3 will do it. Yep, as well as .xlsx But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had to change the file format mark sell more copies of the new

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:06 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? A .docx is a ZIP file with some XML files in the archive. One of those XML files contains the *text* of the document. One can use an XML

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Eero Volotinen
Robert Heller wrote: At Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:06 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? A .docx is a ZIP file with some XML files in the archive. One of those XML files contains the *text* of the

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread John R Pierce
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Yep, as well as .xlsx But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had to change the file format FWIW, the new formats are XML based, albeit compressed. in most theories, this is a good idea for portability. the old file formats

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Yep, as well as .xlsx But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had to change the file format FWIW, the new formats are XML based, albeit compressed. in most theories, this is a good idea for portability. the old file formats

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread MHR
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Eero Volotinen eero.voloti...@iki.fi wrote: Robert Heller wrote: At Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:06 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? A .docx is a ZIP file with some XML files

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:13 -0800 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Yep, as well as .xlsx But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had to change the file format FWIW, the new formats are XML based, albeit

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Roger K. Wells a écrit : Open Office 3 will do it. Indeed. I just gave it a try, it works. But I have to open the file from within OO, there's no preconfigured file association. Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org