> OpenOffice 2.3 / WinXP: > > > > I am just testing ver2.3 and directly jumped into an error! What is the > way > I did?: > 1st: I opend a .ppt generated by PP and the hole animation did > not > run that way I programmed. You say you are able to do so. > > 2nd: Then I tried to find out how to deal with and I fixed to the > animation effect of changing the background color of an item. Result: no > background color was seen only all of the entire rectangular was wiped out > white. And I believe that if I search on I will find a lot of that not > running points.
Without the specifics of the animation in question, the other details about the .ppt file in general it is hard to say what the problem exactly is. However in general since the file format used by MS is propriatary and closed source there will be differences when opening files created by MS products in OOo. Although compatibility is getting better with each new release there are still some issues. To assist the developers with improving this can I suggest you attach the file in question to an issue that you create (have a look here for more information on that : http://qa.openoffice.org/) 3rd: What about opening and importing the Microsoft XML files > ".pptx", ".docx" etc.? I thought that is an open "standard". The new MS Office formats are supposed to be based on MSOOXML ... not ODF (which is an ISO standard). MSOOXML is not a standard. The lastest file formats (eg, .docx ; .pptx ; etc...) doesn't even comply with MSOOXML in any event. Currently OOo does not support the latest catastrophe of file formats that MS have unleashed. In the future it will, I'm sure, however currently it doesn't. Result: As a normal or business user it must be possible to start with such > an application not directly stumbling above items of daily usage not > running > correctly ! If you want that assurance then you'll have to fork out hundreds of dollars for MS Office. OOo works exceptionally well for a product that can be obtained for free. /paul -- Processing Key for cracking HD DVD's: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 ----- Try Torpark; a small portable, open-source, built on Firefox browser that enables anonymous browsing. Requires no installation : http://www.torrify.com/
