[libreoffice-users] Compatibility

Do not forget that MS Op Systems and Office apps gave us universal communication. Apart 
from the occasional blue screen, my XP runs without hassle. With Linux I get the feeling that 
like dedicated lovers of Series 2 Landrovers, you have to be seriously technical and keep 
your spanners with you at all times.

I long for the day I can use LibO, knowing any document I create can be read by business 
colleagues world-wide on MS systems.

Right now that's not the case, for example each time I send an Impress file to an MS PP user 
and it blows up it further demonstrates the gulf that currently exists between open and closed 
systems.

Much as though I detest the latest edition of powerpoint and it's anal GUI, I have no choice 
but to use it.... I can't afford the time to write in Impress and then spend a day trying to make 
it work in PP.

If you really want to hurt Uncle Bob then LibO must get it's act to together asap and ensure 
all LibO office apps are compatible to the extent that it allows trouble free document 
exchange between the open and closed systems.

That way the MS user brigade will get confidence and hopefully may switch over... but until 
that day then Uncle Bob will rule the roost.

Maybe someone can answer this?.... when will a LibO developer(s) focus on compatibility 
between MS and LibO.... and realise the way to sink MS is to prove reliability and 
compatibility in LibO.

Meantime will someone please resolve why Impress (slides) with embedded sound files 
loses them when trying to convert to ppt? In addition why LibO Impress can sometimes lose 
the audiofile links (to MP3 files) all on it's own! without any help from PP,

Meantime i try and use LibO as much as is practical but am forced to use MS office 
whenever it's for distribution.

Sad.


Timi



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