Group,
I'm tired of people sending me Microsoft Office files. This is a threat to my freedom and my bank account: the sender is expecting me to use a secret format, controlled by a powerful corporation; and it is a very expensive product.
I propose that we stop accepting such files.
This might not be immediately practical, so how about an alternative solution: Open the file, save it into OOo's native format (SXI), then send it back to them. If they ask what is this, say: ``Oh, it is an open format ... You don't don't OpenOffice.org installed on your computer? ... Install it and you can view my attachment.'' Help them with the install if need be.
my advice is to *not* send them SXI files.
better wait a couple of months for OOo 2.0 and send instead ODP files (the new file format for Impress), you don't want to confuse people by changing the requirements after release.
-- nicu my OpenOffice.org pages: http://ooo.nicubunu.ro
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