Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice VS MS Office

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On 21/04/11 11:06 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> That is the real issue.  If all users dump the formats MSO created
> for 2007, and beyond, saving their documents in .doc, .xlt, etc.,
> then their would be no issue with compatibility. 

Which is why most of the old OOo (and now LO) documentation recommends
saving to MS Word 97/2000/XP versions when you want to play nice with
MS users.

> Switching from .doc to .odt could be an issue for them in the short
> term, since MSO mangled their ability to read/write files in ODF's
> ISO standard file formats [maybe on purpose].

There was some discussion of that at the time.  MS were also trying to
obtain some fairly broad software patents to try and force ODF out of
the market, but since ODF already existed it counted as prior art and
the patents weren't granted (except, rather notoriously, in New
Zealand).

> As for blaming the user for choosing LibreOffice and then
> complaining about compatibility, that is never a good idea. 

Definitely not.  I've come very close to kill-filing someone on this
list behaving this way (along with certain daft statements about the
origin of internetworking) and I've only been subscribed for less than
a week.

> OOo never upgraded their Migration Guide from the 2.x version.
> Maybe LibreOffice should make a separate guide to migrating to
> LibreOffice that points out step by step how to make sure all their
> files will be compatible with LibreOffice and 90%+ of all other
> non-MS office suite packages.  Give them a simple, easy to read
> document that gives the user the guidelines on how to switch from
> MSO to LibreOffice.  Do not make it a part of a larger document.
> Make it small and easy so that the average user can read it in
> his/her spare time before they dump MSO and not get their files in
> order. 

This is an *excellent* idea.  Perhaps you should forward it to the
documentation mailing list?


Regards,
Ben




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