Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft secret formats?

On 9/11/2011 10:37 AM, Tinkerer wrote:
> Spencer
>
> The early version of MSO for the Mac left a lot to be desired, so I tried
> OOo.

Fifteen years ago, I had compatibility problems with MS Word on PCs and 
on Macs:  Microsoft was not even compatible with itself across 
platforms.  That was a problem, because my primary collaborator at that 
time loved Mac equipment.  He was in a university environment, and it 
was substantially more expensive for me to pay for that, so I stayed 
with PC compatibles and suffered the compatibility problems.

> That was about six years ago.
> I very quickly graduated onto NeoOffice, a great improvement, then when the
> Doc F was founded I moved to LO.
> I am treasurer of a society and whilst I am knowledgeable of the members
> requirements, the officers of other societies are often an unknown quantity.
> Libre 3.4.3 fulfils all my requirements, mainly with writer, calc and the
> occasional presentation.
> It has never let me down and I have received no complaints.
> I keep everything I do in Libre format. What I receive I keep in the format
> it arrived in and as I said, I am happy to supply to others in whatever
> format they prefer.
> If you find MSO easier then that is your privilege.
> I haven't touched MSO on a PC since I retired eighteen years ago, so I don't
> have your experience.

      MSO 97 is easier for me, but I don't have it, because it's no 
longer available.  Rather pay for having to relearn where MS has hidden 
all the controls with the new version, I can to Open Office and then 
LibreOffice.  Spencer
> Tink.
>
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