[libreoffice-users] Re: [users] Re: [moderated] (Opening Microsoft Works file still only with LibreOffice/Go-OO)

Il 01/11/2010 10:25, Rob Clement ha scritto:
> On 01/11/2010 05:39, Russell Butler wrote:
> > On 31/10/10 21:32, Keith Hartley wrote:
> > > I want to open a microsoft wps file but do not seem to have the right
> > > filter, can you help?
> > >
> > > many thanks, Keith
> >
> > Which version of OpenOffice.org are you using, Keith? and on what
> > platform (operating system)?
> >
> > I recently received a .wps file which opened happily in OOo 3.2 on my
> > Ubuntu machine, but I think this has some of the go-oo developments:
> > http://go-oo.org/
> >
> > Russell
> Keith
>
> I think you may be using the OOo that we get from Openoffice.org and
> that does not have a way to import wordprocessing files from MS Works
>
> Russell
>
> I think that the Ubuntu version has an extra feature to read these files.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob

Yes! Ubuntu OOo is from Go-OO! And in the near future (11.04) from 
LibreOffice (Libò/LO) / The Document Foundation (TDF).

Here you can see, at a glance, what Go-oo has (had) to offer in addition 
to the features you expect in up-stream ("vanilla" said) OpenOffice.org
http://go-oo.org/discover/

among which you could also find
MS-Works import: Go-oo supports MS-Works files; you can also find there 
e test .wps file
http://go-oo.org/discover/msworks.wps

But now Go-oo has been made obsolete
http://planet.go-oo.org/

by the exciting new LibreOffice project
http://planet.documentfoundation.org/
http://www.documentfoundation.org/
http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
http://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice is now at 3.3beta2 stage (you could download it for Windows, 
MacOSX, linux) and I just test it to read the above .wps file.

I just test the same .wps file on OOo 3.3rc3 vanilla but it doesn't read 
it (it doesn't understand file type and open the "choose filter/file 
type" window...)...

So if you want to adopt an application that does read those file 
(Microsoft Works ones) and that is growing now on, I suggest you to 
choose LibreOffice (Libò/LO) that is usable enough despite his beta 
state at the moment (we expect the final one within december 2010).

Finally I suggest you to subscribe these two mailing list at least:
users@openoffice.org
users@libreoffice.org

you could find the correct instructions respectively here
http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#general
http://www.documentfoundation.org/contribution/#lists

If you subscribe you will not be "moderated" any more.

Hope that help,

Carlo

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