[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have MS Word and Excel files. > > Are these readable in openoffice.org? > > Are there any problems in transporting files from MS modules (Excel, WORD, > Power Point...) to OpenOffice. org? If so what are they?
Readable, yes, unless you have macros you want to work. Editable so you can send them back in one piece? Only if they're fairly simple documents. My experience is that I love OOo, and find it perfect for most situations - particularly for solo work. Where it falls down (or rather, where MS falls down, but sadly OOo has to live in the real world), is when you convert fairly complex documents to and fro between OOo and MS Office users. My case involves contract proposals and research reports, typically 20 to 50 pages long, and professionally formatted according to set corporate design conventions. Switching between OOo and MS Word breaks the formatting. Often so badly that the resulting document is useless for anything other than draft purposes. If I find a template, or create one, that allows me to get an acceptable level of interoperability between the two, even if the document is long, formatted in detail, and contains charts and tables, I'll gladly forward it to the list. If anyone knows of such a template or howto, I'd be interested. By all means, mail me directly if you do, since I don't read this list all day. -- Ivo Vegter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +27-84-210-2003 Cerberus Editing & Consulting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
