Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

Hi :)
D for Document, of course.

Weirdly there is a lot less wording in the ISO specification for it.
MS's OOXML has a lot more words but then doesn't stick to it's own
specifications quite so well.  Accidents are only to be expected so we
are all just supposed to buy their newer version to keep up.
Alternatively use the Open Document Format that is less wordy but
stuck to more closely by a wide range of different programs.

If you look through bug-reports you see some that are about accidental
divergence from the standard even though it doesn't actually create a
problem.  The aim is to get closer to the specification for greater
interoperability.

When MS say "interoperability" they seem to mean as long as everyone
is on the same OS and version as each other and using the same version
of MS Office but i mean multi-platform and any version.

Regards from
Tom :)



On 20 November 2013 17:02, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 11/20/2013 06:54 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
>
> /snip/
>
> > ODF usage is on the rise and maybe a stepping stone might smooth the
> > way for a while.  Hopefully as uptake of LibreOffice (and the other
> > programs that also use the same format natively) increases then some
> > of that will increase the usage of our native formats.  On my
> > company's server we now have quite a few documents in ODF formats that
> > open reliably on every machine alongside other documents in MS formats
> > that don't always open well in different versions of MS Office.  The
> > MS ones keep needing to be redone.
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>
> /snip/
>
> Pretty near all Unix and Linux program names are acronyms, so,
>
> ODF--One Dumb Format ???
>
> Not serious, but it COULD be....
>
> --doug
>
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