[odf-discuss] ODF support

[marbux]

Also from today's ODF Alliance newsletter:

*>>>ODF Application Support Update: 1) KOffice 1.6 To Offer Enhanced Support
for ODF; 2) Google Spreadsheet Now Exports and Imports To/From ODF; 3)
Alfresco's Record Manager Features Automatic Conversion to Long-Term Vendor
Neutral Formats Such as ODF*

KDE announced the release of KOffice 1.6beta1. Among the new features is a
formula editor that now supports ODF and uses it as its default file format.
Google's new version of its spreadsheet application, v1.1.5g, now exports
and imports spreadsheets to and from ODF and is compatible with applications
that support ODF. Alfresco Software Inc., which provides an open source
enterprise content management solution, announced the availability of the
Alfresco Records Manager preview release whose functionality includes
automatic conversion from proprietary office formats to long-term vendor
neutral formats such as ODF and PDF.

*KOffice 1.6 beta 1* -
http://www.koffice.org/announcements/changelog-1.6beta1.php
*Google Spreadsheets v1.1.5g* - *
http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/whatsnew.html*<http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/whatsnew.html%0A>
*Alfresco's Record Manager Preview Release* - *
http://www.alfresco.com/media/releases/content/index.php/2e15c3a4-44b1-11db-8dbc-ebd7a694e2cf
*<http://www.alfresco.com/media/releases/content/index.php/2e15c3a4-44b1-11db-8dbc-ebd7a694e2cf>
<<<


Interesting that ODF support is growing so rapidly that even the Alliance is
mashing up three product announcements in one short blurb. [yawn] Just some
product releases. [/yawn]
:-)

I did a bit of looking around the Alfresco site. Previously its ODF support
was only via the incorporated Apache Lucene search engine's indexer. But the
new feature apparently uses OOo 2.0.3 to convert from legacy formats to ODF
or PDF. There's a "known issue" in the release notes that says that version
of OOo should be used because of relevant bugs in OOo 2.0.1 and 2.0.2.


Best,

Marbux

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