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From: Barbara Duprey on 8 Jun 2010 17:03 Mauricio Rubio Parra wrote: > Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the latest > Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether > this feature will or will not be available soon? > Thank you for your time. > Best regards, > > Mauricio Rubio P. There probably is no such capability because Microsoft forced through a new (and incompatible) "standard" for its "open" formats, which will use a similar mechanism, and I think the same extensions, if and when they ever get around to supporting it. So the Office 2007 versions appear to be both proprietary and dead-end. If there is any actual capability that could be saved in those formats, but not in the older ones, it would take a great deal of extra programming effort for very little payback to provide that type of file saving. Just a guess, of course -- I'm not an OOo developer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: Bruce Martin on 8 Jun 2010 21:46 Dear Open Source Confr�res: It seems to me that there may be some who prefer Microsoft because it costs money. The tacit effect being to create an effect of exclusivity amongst themselves. Of course this would serve Microsoft's interests inauspiciously well. Rhetorically I ask: does this mean that users will have to be like the guy in the Tareyton cigarette television ad of some years back and, black eye visible, "rather fight than switch?" Could this mean 2 separate economic camps as the 2 collaborations fight it out on a global economic scale? Rhetorically curious about the inausipisous! Bruce M. On 08/06/2010 5:03 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > Mauricio Rubio Parra wrote: >> Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the >> latest >> Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether >> this feature will or will not be available soon? >> Thank you for your time. >> Best regards, >> >> Mauricio Rubio P. > > There probably is no such capability because Microsoft forced through > a new (and incompatible) "standard" for its "open" formats, which will > use a similar mechanism, and I think the same extensions, if and when > they ever get around to supporting it. So the Office 2007 versions > appear to be both proprietary and dead-end. If there is any actual > capability that could be saved in those formats, but not in the older > ones, it would take a great deal of extra programming effort for very > little payback to provide that type of file saving. > > Just a guess, of course -- I'm not an OOo developer. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org >
From: Alexandro Colorado on 9 Jun 2010 01:07 On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Mauricio Rubio Parra <mauriciorubiopld(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the latest > Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether > this feature will or will not be available soon? Because this is an illegal format, and OOo want to contribute to the use of OpenDocument format as the true office document standard. > Thank you for your time. > Best regards, > > Mauricio Rubio P. > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: Michael Adams on 9 Jun 2010 05:40 On Wednesday 09 June 2010 02:56, Mauricio Rubio Parra wrote: > Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the latest > Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether > this feature will or will not be available soon? These formats are still a moving target. Microsoft has given the formats to Ecma which has passed them through ISO/IEC Standardisation process, but Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 use the formats as originally passed on to Ecma. There is therefore concern that the existing OOXML formats will become orphans when Microsoft Office does adopt the International Standard it helped to initiate. For the moment it is better practise to save in ODF formats or even DOC, PPT and XLS formats. ODF is an established ISO/IEC International Standard since 2006 and the old binary DOC etc. formats are well supported on almost all office software. HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: NoOp on 9 Jun 2010 22:53
On 06/08/2010 10:07 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Mauricio Rubio Parra > <mauriciorubiopld(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, I wanted to know why it isn't possible to save files in the latest >> Microsoft Office version (xlsx, pptx, docx) from openoffice? And whether >> this feature will or will not be available soon? > > Because this is an illegal format, and OOo want to contribute to the > use of OpenDocument format as the true office document standard. Illegal in what way and to whom? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org |