Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Good Article for LibreOffice

Hi :)
I just tried it myself and found that Odt and DocX were much more readable in a text editor than 
Rtf mostly because my text-editor recognises Xml and colour-codes the coding so i can ignore it 
more easily and focus on the wording.  

While text-editors and more recent versions of MSO might be able to read MS's older formats they 
often render it badly or mess things up.  A text-editor is the last relevant thing i would want to 
have to use to decypher an old document.  The more modern formats, Odt and DocX do at least keep 
images intact in a separate folder inside the container format.  Rtf turns images into mush.  

HoooRahh for playing devil's advocate.  I should have tested it myself ages ago (hmmm, i think i 
did actually but had forgotten which is just as bad).  It has reaffirmed my thoughts but shown me 
there are cases where Rtfs might survive.  (Such as ones that don't have pics)  
Regards from
Tom :)






> ________________________________
> From: Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 14:05
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Good Article for LibreOffice
>
> Hi Tom, all
>
> Let me be the "Devil's advocate" for a moment...
>
>
> Tom wrote
> > MS keeps claiming that is what their new format is all about.  They
> > claimed it with Rtf which they no longer develop which fits their pattern
> > for gradually dropping completely and they are claiming it again with
> > their DocX and all.  
>
> RTF is plain text with format codes. So it is true that you can open it even
> in a text editor. Even if it is discontinued, it is not encrypted.
> Docx is exactly the same as ODT. A Zip container which stores objects such
> as images, formats and the actual text in a XML file.
>
>
> Tom wrote
> > Given that ODF 1.0 and 1.1 still open in LO, AOO and all the rest it looks
> > like ODF might achieve the promise, especially given that "contents"
> > written in Xml can be opened and read.
>
> The same applies to MS Office. You can always open previous MS files in a
> newer Office version.
>
> As explained above ODF follows the same logic as OOXML ;)
> In both cases you need to have some program that opens the zip container in
> order to have access to the XML file which contains the text.
>
> Cheers,
> Pedro
>
>
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