On Sat February 4 2006 12:22, + 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? > 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
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun February 5 2006 22:40, Daniel Kasak wrote: > That's obviously the goal. In a large majority of cases, this is exactly > how it works. In cases where there are conversion problems, you should > file a bug report at http://www.openoffice.org/issues/ > > There's no point stating "I won't use it unless it's perfect". How would > it become perfect if everyone took this approach from the start. You > should try it out and see anyway. > > We use OpenOffice on 75% of desktops here at work. We use MS Office in > cases where we have complex legacy code in Visual Basic that I don't > have the time or inclination to port to OOBasic. There used to be minor > formatting issues when moving from MS Office to OOo and back, but since > the release of OOo-2.0, compatibility has been remarkable. > > > 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? > > See above. > > > If you can assure me that everything will be alright, I'll sign up with > > joy! > > No assurances, no. Microsoft don't even offer assurances that different > versions of their own office package will interoperate perfectly. > > > 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-) > > Maybe you can't code, but I'm sure you can test and file bug reports as > you encounter issues. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
