I have used it myself at work and I was able open our documents without any issues. I used the Windows Version of Open Office. Thanks Fred -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 12/20/2002 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: OpenOffice/MS Office compatibility (was Re: easy installation) On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 11:18:16AM -0600, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 09:57:03AM -0600, Ed Wilts wrote: > > It's not anywhere close to being compatible. Many MS Office documents > > can not be read or display incorrectly in OpenOffice. This issue exists > > in both the Windows and Linux versions of OO. Try it out at home first > > with some typical documents that your office uses and see what happens. > > I was very disappointed and ended up buying MS Office for my home > > desktops. OO couldn't even handle my trivial home files. > > How very strange. I've not been using it in production, but I did run it > through its paces on some of my nastier Word docs, and it had no problems. > > Is there something strange you're doing WRT normal Word usage--exotic > plugins for manual generation, or somesuch? Nope. My documents were fairly basic with tables and graphics. A few different fonts and formatting features but no plug-ins nor macros. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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