Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: moving to new version of MS Office

On 30/11/2013, Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Doug, all
>
>
> doug-2 wrote
> > If you save your file in .doc 1997~2000 (or 1997~2003) every program will
> > be
> > able to open it. Never use .docx.
>
>
> IMHO the only way to change this is to send ODF files and ask the users at
> the other end to install a free ODF compatible software (LO or other) since
> it is costless, while refusing to do so means that on your end you would
> have to *buy* a software license from MS...

Alternatively send odf documents and tell users they can open these
file with m$o version>2010, but there will be differences. Ask users
to save odf documents and consider the comparison table for text
documents:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/differences-between-the-opendocument-text-odt-format-and-the-word-docx-format-HA010355788.aspx

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