On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Anton 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.
> > > > > > 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. > > > My question is why is there not more active participation at a policy level from advocacy groups here? I am new to Singapore, but am fairly versed in how the country runs. Decisions such as supporting vendor specific implementations should be a public open process. Has anyone on this list or involved with the OSS community in SG ever tried submitting open letters etc. I would be very interested to hear experiences. Kind regards joelW _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
