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OpenOffice Compatibility
by hannes hauswedell on Tuesday 06/Jun/2006, @03:56

what does this mean for cmpatability with OOo?
is this just an accessibility improvement, or does it result in special files?

i bet all office suits will use ODF, but each in its own "interpretation", which will result in same old incompatability....

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Re: OpenOffice Compatibility
by Thomas Zander on Tuesday 06/Jun/2006, @04:09

We will make sure that ODF support will be maintained. If OOo does not implement some part of the spec then it won't work and you have a right to tell them to fix their application since they claim to have good support.

We are doing the same, one of the things that we need to do is to provide various features for ODF; we are doing exactly that.

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Re: OpenOffice Compatibility
by DS on Wednesday 07/Jun/2006, @16:05

Read Linus' post about standards.
Standards are not replacement for developer communication, you shouldn't treat them religiousely. OOo people are fighting the same war as you, so it will be better to talk with the before implmenting some inconsistent changes in the format's support code.
When 1st 2 serious suites implementing format that is claimed to facilitate interopeability are incompatible with each other, the reputation is lost and every body looses in effect.

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Re: OpenOffice Compatibility
by Benjamin Huot on Saturday 10/Jun/2006, @17:45

I like Kpresent better than OpenOffice.org Impress because I like Koffice graphics better than OpenOffice.org's , but for text I like OpenOffice.org Writer because of the table of contents and bookmarks that can be done with the exported PDF.

I like having backup software in case I have problems with my main software and I also like to try out new software, so I would be really interested in how well Kword will open a lightly formatted ODT formatted document. I don't need advanced layout or specialized features, but I would like the simple stuff to be compatible. Is Koffice 1.5 at that level yet?

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