Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?

       ok, got that;

           but when and if I decide to upgrade, I'll be keeping the older
version in the download file so I can delete all then re-open the older
version  ;-)

       Still a follower of the KeepItSimpleS method  ;-)



On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

Hi :)
> It is possible to install another version of LO alongside the main one so
> that you can test-drive the newer one without committing to it.  It's not
> easy so there is a wiki-page to help.  The main thing is to avoid using the
> QuickStarter in either of them as you cant really have things open in both
> at the same time.  QuickStarter uis like having one open all the time (in a
> fairly minimal way but just enough to confuse them)
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> From: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office
> Users?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Wednesday, 25 July, 2012, 15:39
>
>        Since most people don't use OO/LO, I've converted documents as well
> as PPs to MSFT's Office -
>            while with OO, many times, there was garbage in the documents
> and missing bits in the PPs;
>            I have not noticed this since changing to LO.
>
>        One reason I'm hesitant to upgrade to the .5 version; still using
> MSFT Open Office '03
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Don Parris <parrisdc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to take something of a straw poll, if that's ok.  I simply
> > want to know whether any of you have shared documents using the ODF
> format
> > with MS Office users (preferably in a business environment), and what was
> > the reaction?  What problems
> >
> > I am not seeking advice on how to share documents with MS Office users.
> > Nor am I interested in an in-depth analysis of why one might experience
> > problems in sharing such documents.  I simply want to know your
> experience.
> > I have been sharing a simple spreadsheet document between LO (at home)
> and
> > MSO (at work) in the OD format.  The experience has been interesting on
> the
> > MS Office side of it.  I get error messages (that don't seem to be real
> > errors), and if I choose the "repair" option, it claims to fix the
> errors,
> > and even gives me a link to click to see the list of alleged corrections.
> > The list is just a near-empty XML document.  And to save a document in
> ODF
> > raises a warning *every single time*, with no opportunity to say "stop
> > warning me".
> >
> > I know most of us still have to deal with both suites.  I just wonder if
> > anyone else (how many???) has experienced similar issues.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don
> > --
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