[odf-discuss] Sun's OpenDocument filter for MS office released

[Peter Vandenabeele]

On 7/5/07, Mirko Nasato <mirko at artofsolving.com> wrote:
> As you said if it's based on the same code the quality must the same.

I think the version of the filter that is part of the plug-in is not part yet of
the current OO.o version.

> think Peter just meant that .odt to .doc gives better results than .doc
> to .odt?

I only tested one way, so that may indeed be the explanation.

> That's not surprising either: since .doc is proprietary (and different
> from one Word version to another) it's difficult to reverse engineer the
> complete format so some features may be missing when importing from
> .doc; however when creating a .doc you use only a reliable subset of
> features so the results are better.

It would be nice to get confirmation on this scenario from Sun people ...

Peter