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

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 22:15, Steven Shelton <steven@sheltonlegal.net> wrote:
> This is the only comment that I will make on this, and I think it's
> pretty self-explanatory as to why MS formats need to be supported.
>
> I work as an attorney. One of the frequent requirements from judges is
> that we deliver copies of our proposed orders to them in MS Word format.
>
> I am in no position to tell a judge that he is using the "wrong" format
> and needs to install a plug-in on his county-owned and -maintained
> computer--which he may not even have the authority, let alone the
> know-how, to do--so that he can read the files I send him.
>
> If LibO stops supporting MS Office files, I will have no choice and will
> be forced to discontinue using LibO. I suspect the same is true of
> people who work in a more corporate setting, as opposed to a judicial one.

This is also valid in an academic setting. My experience with Open
Office while in university: the professors made available Word
documents. If your computer could not read it, then use the computer
in the library to print it. End of story.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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