Thanks for that - I knew of that initiative. Does the project intend to integrate their work?
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]>wrote: > The slides are here: > > <http://www.slideshare.net/nice/apache-eurocon2012-matthiasstuermer> > > It appears that some of the milestone results, as Apache-licensed > tarballs, should already be in the hands of the Open Source Business > Alliance. Those should be available to anyone. This is probably a good > place to watch for them (auf Deutsch): > <http://www.osb-alliance.de/working-groups/office-interoperability/>. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pedro Giffuni [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 16:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: User initiative for improving OOXML (was Re: AOO questions on > Google) > > Hello; > > The ASF is a non-profit organization, we don't pay for coding but > concerning docx support there was a talk from Matthias Stürmer > in ApacheConEU: > > http://www.apachecon.eu/schedule/presentation/46/ > > This effort, of course, predates the establishment of AOO as a TLP > so we were not consulted. It is a well intended initiative but despite > the funding it appears to have produced no results for OpenOffice > so far. > > We had a chance to talk with Matthias and while I won't make any > comments, I would think the organizers will make their own > evaluation and will likely consider the results before engaging in > future investments of this kind. > > Pedro. > > > > > >________________________________ > > Da: Andrew Pitonyak <[email protected]> > >A: [email protected] > >Inviato: Domenica 23 Dicembre 2012 14:46 > >Oggetto: Re: AOO questions on Google > > > >No save as for docx is why libre is installed on a few machines i > sometimes deal with. > > > > > >Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > > >"F C. Costero" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Since there is some interest in this particular topic, here are the 9 > >questions I categorized as MS Interoperability with the number of positive > >votes appended to each in parentheses. > >1. I tryed to save my word processor file as a MS Word file only > >extensions listed in the drop down were for text or Open Office, no Word > >option. Help function said I should have had that option in the drop down > >under save as. version 3.4.1. > >Could you add a converter for format MS .docx as the actual converter for > >.doc does not work proper. It mix up text and drawings and make the whole > >page a mess. (1) > > > >2. hello, > >How can i open openoffice file with microsoft office? > >Gr Sam Esman (5) > > > >3. What kind of OOXML support is intended in AOO? > >Transitional (MS Word) version or ISO (does someone really implement it?). > >(3) > > > >4. If save filter is implemented, don't you fear a weakening of the ODF > >then? (6) > > > >5. allow open office to use ms office defaults (5) > > > >6. can i install openoffice when i have microsoft office on my computer > (4) > > > >7. OpenOffice, should be able to open properly all 'Word office' files. > (9) > > > >8. Is open office compatible with Office 2010? (8) > > > >9. Open Office doesn't handle tables in Word well - for example re-sizing > >of columns, keeping table rows together, inserting page breaks within > >tables. Could OO development include a goal of fully matching MS Office > >functionality for tables? (13) > > > > > > > >On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Drew Jensen <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Long time since I said anything and so how about, > >> Happy Holidays, to start. > >> > >> Just to say that the #2 doesn't surprise me at all and yes I would > strongly > >> suspect it has lots to do with OOXML. Don't forget that this does not > >> necessarily mean interoperability with MSO it also > >> means interchangeability with GDocs as best as I can tell. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > Concerning Microsoft Office interoperability, I suspect the absence > of a > >> > way to save documents in OOXML formats is a detractor from Apache > >> > OpenOffice 3.4. There are the usual interchange fidelity issues as > well, > >> > depending on which interchangeable formats are used. > >> > > >> > - Dennis > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: janI [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 02:37 > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: Re: AOO questions on Google > >> > > >> > Thanks for the summary ! > >> > > >> > Personally I asumed that LO would be #1, but I am amazed about #2 (MS > >> > Office interoperability and Other formats) I thought that was one of > our > >> > very strong sides. I might be worthwhile to look a bit deeper into > that, > >> > and see if the cause for the questions is in lack of features, lack of > >> > documentation or someelse, to give a clue of what to do ? Maybe we > can do > >> > something with 4.0. > >> > > >> > Jan I. > >> > > >> > On 23 December 2012 04:00, F C. Costero <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > [ ... ] > >> > > MS Office interoperability 54 > >> > > Non-English 15 > >> > > Other formats 54 > >> > [ ... ] > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > >
