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mattzees
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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: Office 2007 compatibility |
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Can I get a straight answer out of someone who actually knows what they're talking about?
Does Open Office 2.3 support Office 2007 file formats such as DOCX?
TIA.
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brucekg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: Buzz out Last Contestant - "Yes" is the answer |
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http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ESrjfdE4U58~
I've already tried it. It works under SuSe 10.3 with Open Office 2.0.?. I will report here after I try it on Windows XP
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brucekg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: Still Trying with Windows XP Open Office 2.3 |
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Unfortunately I've run into the same problem others have mentioned.
Following the directions found by following the link I was peppered with errors while installing the converter extension.
I've friends who also need this that are not multi-os or imprisioned behind the iron window.
If I learn more I will post here. Will others too please.
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mattzees
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: Why not? |
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It is odd that things like NeoOffice will support DOCX format but OpenOffice does not. I thought that NeoOffice code was derivative of OpenOffice.
WTF?
I would say the absolute main thing OO needs to do right now is read Office 2007 docs. All other feature development can wait.
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AndrewZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Why not? |
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| mattzees wrote: | It is odd that things like NeoOffice will support DOCX format but OpenOffice does not. I thought that NeoOffice code was derivative of OpenOffice.
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NeoOffice includes bleeding-edge code that's not ready for prime time. Also, NeoOffice includes code that the mainstream OpenOffice.org won't include for legal reasons. It's nice to have the choices, though.
| Quote: | | I would say the absolute main thing OO needs to do right now is read Office 2007 docs. All other feature development can wait. |
Too bad you don't own many shares of Sun Microsystems.
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jgr
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| This has probably been posted before: Like NeoOffice, Novell's version of OpenOffice.org (downloadable here: http://go-oo.org/) can open .docx documents. At least with simpler documents my version of go-OO (on Windows XP) works flawlessly. |
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andyqkw
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| Wait for OOo 3.0 |
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AndrewZ
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lammiano
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject: Open Office 3.0? |
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Does anyone have any info on the latest version of OO?
Just wondering if it truly will read and write MS Office 2007 documents.
Thanks for all the info - I'm new to open source and I'm getting more sold on it every day! |
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9point9
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Open Office 3.0? |
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| lammiano wrote: | Does anyone have any info on the latest version of OO?
Just wondering if it truly will read and write MS Office 2007 documents. |
As discussed in this thread, the current version of OOo, does not read OpenXML.
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calande
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Oh, no... 
I received a .docx file from a customer but I can't open it with OpenOffice.org
The Novell version is Linux-only and I use Windows
I'll have to get in touch with my customer to ask him to send in another format in the meantime.
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9point9
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Why not? |
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| mattzees wrote: | | I would say the absolute main thing OO needs to do right now is read Office 2007 docs. All other feature development can wait. |
Sorry to get on to this very late but I strongly disagree with this statement. Nuff said.
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calande
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Thanks. I wasn't on the same site, I was on go-oo.org
I see this version is $50... Is there a free implementation?
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