[BNM] .odt documents

[andrew holway]

Meh, plugins are pointless.

"Please install this plugin to open the document"

Native support is drastically needed.



On 13/09/2007, Martin Tomes <martin at tomes.org.uk> wrote:
> On 13/09/2007, Antony Jones <antonyj at gamesys.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Can word open .odt documents saved with openoffice.org?
> >
> > Word will never open .odt documents unless they are forced by the law,
> > or feel less threatened by the competition as a result of doing it.
> >
> > At work, I have an option in my file menu called 'Import OpenOffice
> > document' which opens them. I don't know how it got there, and I never
> > use it because I use OpenOffice exclusively, but it's there.
>
> SUN have written a plugin for MS Office:
>
> http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/
>
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> Martin Tomes
> martin at tomes.org.uk
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