Gordon wrote: > Here's an interesting thing. > I was sent a Microsoft Works Document today. > Open Office 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 will open it instantly on double-clicking > on it, although the graphics in it had to be re-done. > Open Office 3.1 on WINDOWS however was a different story. All that > happened is that the Filter window appeared, upon which (unless I missed > it) Microsoft Works does NOT appear and so it seems that the Windows > version of OO 3.1 won't open wps documents whereas it seems that the > Linux version will!
The simple answer to that is that most Linux distributions base their OOo version on the GoOO builds from Novel instead of the "official" version direct from the OO.o website. The GoOO builds include functionality/extras that are not (yet) included (for various reasons) in the main OOo build. The Windows version of OOo you are using is from the OO.o website... so it does not include the MSWorks filter. See also: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Writer/DocumentManagement/How_can_I_open_Microsoft_Works_wordprocessor_files_(.wps)%3F C. -- Clayton Cornell [email protected] OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
