[users] Re: MSWord

2011-02-01 Thread Twayne
In news:AANLkTindGgUbBV58fZzgWX4Tzp-oHM=oqfwv4+zff...@mail.gmail.com, Lynn Emrick dagurool...@gmail.com typed: :: Is MSWord compatible to open openoffice? The latest versions can. Earlier versions of Word need the Sun Word Plug-in. The latest OO.o seems to have no problems reading Word files,

[users] Re: MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/01/30 8:13 AM James Knott wrote: Lynn Emrick wrote: Is MSWord compatible to open openoffice? Yes. OpenOffice can read and write in .DOC .DOCX formats. Also, recent versions of Microsoft Office can read and write in the ODF format that OpenOffice uses by default. Microsoft Office

Re: [users] Re: MSWord

2011-01-30 Thread James Knott
Larry Gusaas wrote: Microsoft Office for Macs 2008 2011 do not read or write the ODF format. Microsoft strikes again. Even with their own products, they can't offer true cross platform compatibility. Another example would be where the Mac version of Excel doesn't have the year 1900 leap

[users] Re: msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread Twayne
In news:4b740143.50...@cc.huji.ac.il, Aryeh Weiss ar...@cc.huji.ac.il typed: I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures usually do not display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text positioning is not correct. I do not know if list rules allow posting of