2008/7/21 Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Malcolm Brown wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I have just received an email attachment suffixed .docx which Writer would >> not recognise. The sender tells me that >> Just to put you in the picture re Word docx >> I recently installed the latest version of Microsoft Office 2007. >> The "docx" file is a compressed file and is the automatic file type that >> office uses unless you ask for it to be saved in what they call "win97-2003" >> which your pc and most other people's or peoples' recognise. >> >> Are you likely to incorporate dealing with .docx in an upgrade? >> >> Cheers >> ~Malcolm Brown >> >> >> > Hi Malcolm > > It will be available in version 3.0 due out in September. > > If you want to experiment with it, you can try the developer versions > available from the OOo download page. See the "Get Release candidates and > Snapshot builds" link. > > Russell >
Hello, The beta-2 test release is announced at the entry page of http://www.openoffice.org (top right). You can try it, it's should read these ugly docx -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua 3.0.0 Beta-2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua 3.0.0 Beta-2 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
