Hi :) There is no need to use the ".docx" or ".doc" formats anymore. The ".doc" has often been responsible for spreading macro-viruses and things although you wont get those from a LibreOffice or OpenOffice origin. The ".odt" format is much safer.
MS Office 2007 & 2010 can open and edit ".odt" so it is only people with MS Office 2003 and earlier that might have trouble. These earlier editions are increasingly vulnerable to malware because support and patches are unlikely now. One work-around is to give people the download link so they can upgrade to a modern Office Suite and nothing is more up-to-date than LibreOffice right now. OpenOffice's newest release only has about half the improvements that LibreOffice has. They can keep using MS Office for the few things they still might feel they need it for because LibreOffice can work along-side it. So, a quick link to LibreOffice's download page will do them a big favour. Good luck and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: twcw chenhall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 10:08:19 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO3.3 hangs up when saving an *.odt as *.doc On 28/01/2011 02:31, Richard wrote: > This was a bug in a previous beta or rc. > Have to go back to OOo3.2.1 again. > Waiting for the 3.3.1. > And the LO33 is so great except for that. :(( Just tried it. Opened a 4 page odt file in LibO3.3 and saved to MS Office 2000 doc file. No problem on Win 7 64bit. I'll try it on Ubuntu 10.10 shortly. Terry W -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
