The various posts (both on this subject and other similar subjects of file sharing) are clarifying the issues. To further clarify the issue there is another question:
OOo 2.0 uses the OpenDocuments standards (OASIS). If files are shared back and forth between users of different office suites, and those office suites adhear to the OpenDocument standards, will the files stay 100% non-corrupted? Joe --- Dale Erwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe Marks wrote: > > There has been a lot of posts in regards sharing > > OpenOffice files with Microsoft users. > > (Incompatability of OpenOffice with Microsoft > Office > > is a Hugh road block for OpenOffice) > > > > Posts have indicated that REF can be used to > exchange > > files back and forth between OpenOffice and > Microsoft > > Office. (The "objection" seem to be that RTF was > a M$ > > product) Can RTF files be exchanged back and > forth > > between OpenOffice and Office with no corruption > > occuring? > > > > Posts have indicated that Internet Explorer can be > > used by Microsoft to open OpenOffice files. Can > > Internet Explorer open OpenOffice files with no > > corruption occuring? (If the answer is yes, then > > Microsoft can receive amd modify OpenOfffice > files. > > The next question is to find out if OpenOffice can > > share files with Microsoft when Microsoft opens a > > OpenOffice file with Internet Explorer and sends a > > Microsoft file back to the OpenOfficer user.) > > > > OpenOffice can open Microsoft files. Is there any > > corruption of the file when OO opens Microsoft > files? > > > > Joe > > As with all word processors, when importing and > exporting > between file formats, there is never a 100% > guarantee that > there will be absolutely no corruption. > Furthermore, the > more special features a document contains, the more > prone > it will be to such corruption. > > However, some formats are better supported than > others. > RTF itself supports fewer special features than the > MSWord > formats. > > Probably the only way to insure non-corruption when > sharing > OOo files with a different office suite is with a > PDF file > which is absolutely non-flexible and, therefore, not > appropriate > in many situations. > -- > Dale Erwin > Salamanca 116 > Pueblo Libre > Lima 21 PERU > Tel. +51(1)461-3084 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
