Hi :) Things have moved on a lot in the last few years. MS Office can read the older ODFs and LibreOffice / OpenOffice can read the older ".doc" and ".xls" etc. The newer ".docX" and ".xlsX" etc do often work but sometimes create problems with images and text-boxes and stuff. You can change the defaults in LibreOffice.
Word-processor formats will often display slightly differently on different machines and in different versions of word-processors but it's easy to edit. This still happens with Rtfs too. The pdf (= Portable Document Format) displays the same on every machine but it's not so easy to edit. LibreOffice can export to Pdf so you can keep 2 versions; one to edit the other so people can see how it should look. If you need to collaborate with other people that all need to make edits to a document then Google-Docs might be a good option, or else just give them all links to download LibreOffice or ask your IT department to roll-out onto all machines. MS Office is less sophisticated about placing pictures and text-boxes and stuff like that so sometimes pictures and things get moved around a bit. This does also happen between any 2 versions of MS Office. However, documents created in 1 version of LibreOffice look the same in other versions. Trying to convince MS Office users to use formats that everyone can read is "an uphill struggle". They seem unable to use "Save As ..." and they are suspicious of any other format. Oddly it is only their default formats that have carried malware. To change the default formats in LibreOffice / OpenOffice go to Tools - Options - Load/Save - General to change the default ODF to the older 1.0/1.1. Alternatively at the bottom of the same screen perhaps change the 2 drop-downs to save "Text Documents" to "Word 97/2000/Xp" by rolling back up the list 1 place. For Spreadsheets and Presentations roll back up the list 2 places to avoid saving as templates. Regards from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Mon, 27 June, 2011 23:37:22 > Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF support > > It says "Are You Sure" for HTML too. It is not that it has checked the >features you are using. I believe it is a knee-jerk warning. (Something that >Microsoft Office apparently set the precedent for.) > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: planas [mailto:jsloz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 15:13 > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] RTF support > > Tracey, > > On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 11:15 -0700, tracey002 wrote: > > > I had discovered that Open Office Writer does NOT really support functional > > RTF features (the ones that I tried anyway). > > When I posted issues to an OpenOffice Users Group, I was re-directed to > > Libre Office. > > Can I help in some way? > > Please advise. > > Thanks, Tracey > > As an End User, my experience has been to export (Documents and/or Data) in > > simple HTML or RTF text format for other End Users to use in their word > > Processor or Spreadsheet. > > > > -- > > View this message in context: >http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RTF-support-tp3114703p3114703.html > > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > Try FILE>>SAVE AS and select RTF as the file type. You will get a dialog > box asking if you are sure. I do not know the which version of RTF LO > fully supports currently. The last version released is 1.9.1. > > My understanding is this will be the last release of the RTF standard by > MS. Depending on what you other users have, their software may not > support the current version. > > -- > Jay Lozier > jsloz...@gmail.com > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >deleted > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
