On 12/22/2010 12:31 PM, Marius Popa wrote:
Good evening! I am also Marius Popa and I want to know if OpenOffice.org v3.2.1 is able to save .xps files. What format is better: XPS or ODF?
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When you use any format except ODF, there is a conversion process that has to take place, and conversions always introduce the possibility of some problems. Beyond that, the best format is determined by the use you have for the files. If they are for your own use, ODF is definitely best. If you are sending the files to somebody else, and they don't have a program that uses ODF (and I don't include the "support" in MS Office 2007 SP2 and later), it depends on whether they will need to make changes or not. If not, exporting to PDF (not XPS) is the best choice; you and they will see the same document. If they do need to make changes, the best choice is generally the older MS Office formats for XP (etc.) systems, like .doc. Those have been around long enough that there's pretty general support for them. If you know the recipient has something that can use one of the other formats supported under Save As, you can use that if they may need to edit. (At this point, though, I wouldn't recommend RTF, the conversion has some known problems.)
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