On 23/01/2008, Colin Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As long as they send .doc until September, when OO.o > v3.0 is due to be released with Office 07 > capabilities, I don't see that it matters that much.
It does matter much. Until OOo can display a complex table, formulas, RTL Hebrew, macros, and all other functions of MSO 2007 exactly as MSO 2007 displays them, then it matters. Those functions exist and it is to be assumed that they will be used. > Generally, people sending out newsletters want other > people to read them, so they will likely stick with > .doc until a large majority of computer users have > Office 07 or OO.o 3.0 or higher. Of course, text > files are most universal - anyone can read them, and > anyone can write them with vi or some other text > editor supplied with your OS of choice. So have them send the files in plain text. That's what I told them. Or, at a bare minimum, in a universal format such as PDF. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
