On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 22:15, Steven Shelton <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the only comment that I will make on this, and I think it's > pretty self-explanatory as to why MS formats need to be supported. > > I work as an attorney. One of the frequent requirements from judges is > that we deliver copies of our proposed orders to them in MS Word format. > > I am in no position to tell a judge that he is using the "wrong" format > and needs to install a plug-in on his county-owned and -maintained > computer--which he may not even have the authority, let alone the > know-how, to do--so that he can read the files I send him. > > If LibO stops supporting MS Office files, I will have no choice and will > be forced to discontinue using LibO. I suspect the same is true of > people who work in a more corporate setting, as opposed to a judicial one. >
This is also valid in an academic setting. My experience with Open Office while in university: the professors made available Word documents. If your computer could not read it, then use the computer in the library to print it. End of story. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- 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
