[odf-discuss] Becta's response to the approval of Office Open XML

[Alexandro Colorado]

Quoting Hanssens Bart <Bart.Hanssens at fedict.be>:

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> -----Original Message-----
> On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:18:31 -0500, Russell Ossendryver
> <worldlabel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Did i miss something here, how limited is the ODF plugin for Microsoft
>
>> Office? And more importantly what does OOXML has to do with this?
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> Mm, probably the answer is on page 23-30 of Becta's full report on Vista
> (http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35275) ?
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>
> In a nutshell:
> - functional: in Excel, saving to .ODS works slightly different: you
> have to install a plug-in and you have to click on another menu option.
> Probably a small issue for a techie, but it can be very confusing for
> non-techies. Saving to .XLSX, on the other hand, is built-in.
>
> - technical: both Sun and Microsoft are constantly improving their
> products but, say, saving a complex .doc to .odt isn't always
> error-free.
> Sometimes the result is (near-)perfect, sometimes it isn't.
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>
> Best regards,
>
> Bart

I see what about saving to odt on office and opening on OOo?


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Alexandro Colorado
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