[odf-discuss] Google indexes ODF

[Mirko Nasato]

Peter Vandenabeele wrote:
> On 3/15/07, Mirko Nasato <mirko at artofsolving.com> wrote:
>> And not just .odt apparently. Try searching e.g. "test filetype:odt",
>> "test filetype:ods", "test filetype:odp".
>
> But also this combination of Google servers and Firefox 2.0.0.2 does
> not seem to lay-out certain .odt documents with correct formatting.
>
I wouldn't expect an HTML conversion to retain layout accurately.  As
long as all the content is there and in a readable format I think Google
have done a great job.  Being a search engine, the big news is that ODF
documents are now being indexed.

I agree with you that at least applications that support ODF natively
should display the same document more consistently - but that's a
different matter.  Incidentally, discrepancies between different
platforms (Linux vs. Windows) may be caused simply by different fonts
installed on the systems.

Best regards

Mirko