Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with openoffice on a rtf file

Hi :)
+1
Pdf is the best for making sure things look exactly the same on any system, with any program.  It 
is not editable tho so it's not so great for collaborative work.  

Doc is possibly the best for collaborative work but because it's a word-processor format it may 
look a little different on each different machine depending on printers set-up and all sorts of 
other variables.  

DocX is well worth avoiding if possible.  Odf is stable and is beginning to take over from Doc but 
it's not quite used widely enough just yet and i think most people would expect it to be a couple 
of years although at the rate things are going it could be widely adopted sooner.  

So, quite often it's worth sending both a Doc and a Pdf so that people can get the best of both 
worlds.
Regards from
Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012, 11:16
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: compatibility with openoffice on a rtf file
>
> Am 31.08.2012 09:55, zig wrote:
> > I solved the problem following the advise of the first answer (save the
> > document as .doc) and it is readable in LO,OO and Word.
> > If you think it can be useful I can post a bug-report
> > Thanks
>
> No, I don't think it would be useful. There is no way to implement all the rtf variations of the 
> past with reasonable effort.
> ODF is the compatibility format of the future if MS supports ODF half as good as promised for 
> their latest office suite. ODF is stable, well documented and it has been designed with 
> compatibility in mind.
> For co-operation with older MSOffice versions, doc/xls is the best (but not perfect) choice.
> For compatibility with all desktop systems, PDF is the export format which guarantees a perfect 
> print out regardless of the creating application.
>
>
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