Hi Dennis, While I haven't looked at the list, I'd have to guess that the entirety of the MSO file formats probably isn't documented since we don't have 100% MSO compatibility in any open source office suite. Microsoft has done a good job of opening up a lot of their specifications, but there is still more work to be done.
Anthony ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft > secret formats? > Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:14:57 -0700 > > > Which formats to you consider to still be secret? Microsoft has provided > free-to-the-public, downloadable specifications for a great number of formats > and protocols. > > Have you checked the lists of those? > > [I am not objecting to the plug-in strategy either way, just wondering > whether secrecy of formats applies these days.] > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Anthony Papillion > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:28 > To: LibreOffice Mailing List > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft secret > formats? > > > I've been thinking a lot about this lately as many of my clients are coming > to LibreOffice from Microsoft Office and I deal with both packages quite a > bit. Many times, one of the first things I do once LibreOffice is set up is > to show clients how to save in Microsoft format as opposed to .odf. It's > actually one of the first questions they ask. Lately, I've been wondering > about the wisdom of an open source package actively supporting a secret > format like the Office ones. > > Would it not be preferable to support *only* saving in the open document > format and then providing a plugin for Microsoft Office users who needed it? > IMHO, allowing users to save in secret formats just continues the problem. > They're still using proprietary software, just packaged a different way. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Anthony > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
