Re: [PLUG] Linux on the desktop

[Alex Birch <kes@lifesabirch.org>]

Mike Leone wrote:

> W. Chris Shank (chris.shank@acetechgroup.com) had this to say on 02/27/04 at 10:11: 
>
>  
>
> > And as far as OpenOffice not handling MS Office formats well. From our
> > experience that is baloney. There are a few things openoffice doesn't
> >    
>
> (Note - my experience is about a year old now)
>
> I had a Word doc in Word 2000. As documents go, relatively uncomplicated -
> some numbered bullets; some bullet points with symbols.
>
> Opened in OOO, and re-saved, and re-opened in Word (to simulate sharing
> documents between OOO users and Word users) ... 
>
> none of the aligment was correct. I had to edit the entire
> document, re-aligning each point, to the way I wanted it, and the way it
> used to be, in Word.  And resizing a table, with it's columns,
> and bullet points in table cells.
>
>  
If this file isn't confidential, would you mind emailing it to me off 
the list? I don't have a copy of Word 2000, but I do have a copy of Word 
XP and I'll be more than willing to fill out an OpenOffice.org bug 
report. This type of error is unacceptable.

Where I used to work, we had to use Windows Office, but I used 
OpenOffice.org for the 7 months and no one noticed a difference. Even 
when I opened, altered and re-saved other people's work. (After a few 
months I quit opening the documents in Word to ensure that the format 
had been maintained.)

OOo 1.1 is a light years ahead of OOo 1.0.

Cheers,
Alex
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