Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Office woes

OK, to this and other recent posts, please note that my intent wasn't to 
open a rant-fest.  I have found myself wondering about the claims about 
file structure being a problem even for MSO itself.  My original post 
was intended to provide one example of a case where Excel saved a 
specific file but then couldn't re-open it without throwing a warning 
(unusual enough that some users might well panic about it).  That plus a 
few other specific issues I've encountered that make me like LO/OO even 
more than I did before.  While I've read about the issue of the OpenXML 
standard issues, I hadn't experienced it yet, nor have I read of 
specific cases where someone had that experience (and I don't mean 
second hand or less).

If anyone wants to add to this, may I humbly suggest you provide 
specific examples of issues _you've_ had (not that you've read or heard 
about).  E.g., "I saved a file as CSV, and within 5 minutes tried to 
reopen it but Excel failed to do so.  It gave me the following error:"  
That provides a specific situation that others can test.  The more 
specific the better.

But to say the open XML standard changes so that Excel can't open it 
just doesn't translate to the  general user, even if it IS true. Again, 
specific examples help.

Carl


On 2/7/14 10:47 PM, null wrote:
> Hello,
> I thought I should add to the rant:
>     If you think Microsoft Excel not being able to import formats it 
> exports is bad, consider Microsoft's disastrous "OpenXML" standards.  
> Notice I said standards, not standard.  .docx, .pptx, and other files 
> with x at the end are stored in the Microsoft OpenXML format.  There 
> are three different standards--for the same file type!  Depending on 
> the operating system and Microsoft Office version, a different XML 
> standard is used.  This can cause a .docx file, for example, not to 
> render correctly in Microsoft Word 2013 if it were saved using 2010; 
> even the operating system is a factor in which XML standard is used.  
> So, sometimes, Microsoft Office can't open Microsoft Office files.  
> Not to mention the extra features that don't work, no one uses, and 
> takes up valuable disk space, such as PDF Reflow.  When will Microsoft 
> realize that you can't "reflow" a PDF?  The implementation for each 
> OpenXML standard is nearly 6,000 pages long!  So, it really doesn't do 
> what Microsoft said it would do; they made the system so complex to 
> try to force more people to using Microsoft Office, and now their 
> products can't read files.
>
> Regards,
> xmlhttprequest.open@gmail.com

--

Carl Paulsen

Dover, NH 03820


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