On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:22:40 +0000, Amélie Dumoulin wrote: > Hello All > > I am all in favor of an alternative software to Microsoft Office suite. > However, before I download OpenOffice software, I'd like to know 1. when I > open documents I've previously created with Microsoft Office in > OpenOffice, does the formating go pearshaped?
Pearhaped? Not sure what you mean but there may be some formatting differences. THis results from having to reverse engineer Microsoft Offices file formats and, since these formats are proprietary, OOo provides as good an approximation as is possible under these circumstances. > 2. reciprocally, when I save > my OpenOffice Documents as Microsoft Office docs, and send them to > people who will open them with Microsoft Office software, will the > format of my docs be absolutely identical to the format it used to have > when I created them in Open Office? If you can assure me that everything > will be alright, I'll sign up with joy! I really am sorry but I haven't > got the development knowledge to tweak the OpenOffice software myself to > make sure these problems don't happen-) In any case, keep up the good > work, many thanks for everything Amelie Given what I have already told you about the closed, proprietary file formats of Microsoft Office modules, there can never be 100% translation. However I have found that most, even some very complicated ones, are imported and exported very reasonably. So I suggest you try OpenOffice.org and make your own evaluation. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
