[ros-dev] Microsoft Office files in the trunk

[David Johnson]

Chuck E. Cheese, CEC entertainment Inc. only uses OOo. Just FYI

On 11/10/05, Les Cooper <leigh-cottage at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
> >Mike Swanson wrote:
> >[snip]
> >
> >
> >>>You do not need to feel strongarmed into using Impress' file format.
> >>>You can save it in Impress' file format as well as exporting it to
> >>>Microsoft's PowerPoint format. Just an idea.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Just because Impress supports PowerPoint documents, doesn't meant it's
> >>complete or perfect. Just like the DOC (Word) and XLS (Excel) formats,
> >>it's secret and must be reverse engineered. And similar to DOC and
> >>XLS, the non-Microsoft parsing of them changes between free software
> >>programs. Sometimes better in some documents, sometimes worse in
> >>other. Hell, sometimes it's impossible to see what the document was
> >>even intended to look like (eg, the MS Word-created flyer I was trying
> >>to see)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I understand. Perhaps I didn't say what I was meaning to: If OO.o is
> >used to generate the document, OO.o will parse it the same way. I was
> >saying that if the proprietary formats are "needed," then OO.o can save
> >them -- interoperability works nearly perfectly, IME, going from OO.o to
> >Office, however, coming back from the other direction seems to break
> >with documents with more advanced formatting. While I'm sure they're
> >working on it, I try to avoid them, anyway. I hate proprietary stuff,
> >and avoid whenever possible. (And no: I'm not quite as bad as some
> >people on the subject, such as RMS.)
> >
> >
> I only use OO.o but my default save format is as ms office formats. Such a
> small percentage of (ordinary) people use OO.o, that to produce files in
> its own format is pissing into the wind. However, I can tell people how the
> files were produced and recommend OO.o to them. The important thing at the
> moment is not the use of open document formats, it is persuading people to
> use OO.o so that the user base is broad enough for them to used!
> Cheers
> Les
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