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On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 10:38 +0100, e-letter wrote: 

On 02/10/2011, Jean-Baptiste Faure <jbf.faure@orange.fr> wrote:

I think other formats than ODF should be considered only as export
formats, like pdf is. Work in ODF, save in ODF and, if you have to send
your file, choose an export format accordingly to the usage of the file.
If receiver of the document does not need to modify the file, pdf is the
right format. If he needs to modify the document and is not able to work
with ODF (nobody is perfect), then you should export your document to
doc (MS-Office 97/2000/XP). But your ODF version should always be your
reference version.


By coincedence, was thinking about this whilst looking at the menu bar
'file'. There are 'save as' and 'export' options.

Wouldn't be better from a design perspective to use the 'save as'
option only for odf formats, and the option 'export' for non-odf (pdf,
png, html, etc.) formats?

Short answer - No. I have using desktop computers since the Apple II.
Sharing files between different users, computers, and programs has
always been necessary. The only difference now is the existence of open
formats along with a variety of proprietary and semi-proprietary
formats. If you want people to use your program you must support the
common file types in use for the type of program regardless of the
openness of the type. Time changes the list but does not change the
reality.



JBF

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