On 06/12/2007 03:25 PM, Russell Butler wrote: > Howard Sallee wrote: >> Are you using Internet Explorer? I tried with Mozilla and couldn't get >> it to work either. Had to go with IE. >> >> >> Howard Sallee, pastor >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pueblo Native" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [users] word 2007 docx documents >> >> >>> M Henri Day wrote: >>>> For those interested, here's an abbreviated, but fully functional link >>>> to a >>>> download site for the programme, which Microsoft calls «Microsoft >>>> Office >>>> Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats» : >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/3xr4tt >>>> >>> >>> Maybe I'm not seeing it, but it still doesn't let OpenOffice open and >>> save those files, or am I missing something. >>> > I just managed to initiate the download using Linux version of Firefox, > so browsers don't appear to be a total obstacle. > > I notice that they say it will also work with the Microsoft Office Word > Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003, so Windows > users should be able to at least view these files. Has anyone given that > a try? Looking at the description, it appears that only copying or > printing is available from the viewers. > See http://tinyurl.com/64atx > > Not a solution for Mac/Linux users however. > > Russell
Interestingly enough Novell, which have their patent protection agreement with Microsoft, have such a filter in their version of OOo, see: http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/12/1654255 One wonders why Novell/Suse haven't released this as an opensource add-in that any linux OOo user can use? Perhaps they have... does anyone know? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
