I think OpenOffice can open/save both formats. It also has been released (alpha?) for Mac OS X recently. Correct me if I'm wrong. There are also plugins (http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ , etc) to help you.
In general, I'm very surprise that screwed windows users complain and yet continue to use it. On 29/06/07, Anton Bolshakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think OpenOffice can open/save both formats. It also has been released (alpha?) for Mac OS X recently. Correct me if I'm wrong. There are also plugins (http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ , etc) to help you. In general, I'm very surprise that screwed windows users complain and yet continue to use it. On 29/06/07, Mark Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I seldom post to the list, but thought I would like to share some > experiences regarding Microsoft Office. > > I currently work in a Institute of Higher Learning in Singapore, and my > wife works in another one here too. In hers, the school has standardized > > on Office 2007 and everyone uses the new DOCX, PPTX formats. Problem is, > for part-timers like my wife, who is using a Mac, not everyone can open > the new files, even when using older MS Office suites. My wife uses the > Office 2004 for Mac suite on her PowerBook, and is unable to open any > Office2007 files. This is incredibly frustrating. > > Thankfully, I was able to open the DOCX files using NeoOffice, but PPTX > remains un-openable (is there such a word?). > > How do others on this list feel about this? MOE in Singapore is very > pro-Microsoft, and this is not always a good thing for those using > alternative operating systems. I feel quite repulsed as a consumer, as > we are being forced to upgrade to Office 2007 just to be able to open > the new file formats. > > Of course, one could ask those Office 2007 to save the files in the > older 2003 format, but then the question comes 'why aren't you using > 2007 when EVERYONE ELSE is?'. > > Hmmm. > > I use a Windows XP machine at my school (it's issued to us), and > unfortunately the internal intranet school systems don't work with > anything else other than Internet Explorer 6 for Windows. Doh. > What a bummer. Thankfully I'm still on Office 2003 here. > > - > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >
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