Re: Re: [Nolug] OpenOffice 1.0 and compatibility

From: john kosta <johnkosta_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 09:39:34 -0700
Message-ID: <Springmail.0994.1020530374.0.59713900@webmail.pas.earthlink.net>

I bet that document was actually generated in Office XP (wouldn't surprise me if Cox had the newest of every type of software b/c someone told them they needed it), which is the next version up from Office 2000--I guess would be Office 2002?

MS stays one step ahead of the compatibility race.

--John

On Sat, 4 May 2002 08:51:25 -0500 Charles <pcguy1@cox.net> wrote:

Come on Joey. No one from Cox would do something like that...

:-)
Charles

On Fri, 3 May 2002 22:19:51 +0000, Joey Kelly wrote:
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<snip>
> The biggest concern many MS users have had against switching OS is that
>they might not be able to access their old files. Well, as of 5/1,
>www.openoffice.org released their FREE office suite which is fully
>compatible with all MS Office 2000 formats. Maybe hizzoner might be
>interested in saving the city a few (hundred thousand) bucks.
<snip>

Actually, it's not 100% compatible. I got a .doc file from Cox yesterday that
had a table and some background shading, and OpenOffice 1.0 couldn't render
the text inside the table cells. WordPerfect 9.0 couldn't either, for that
matter. I will admit that it was an advertising letter for the most part, and
no one should send fluffy stuff like that to someone else if it's in a
business context, anyhow.
- --

Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.dhs.org

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