[BNM] .odt documents

[Antony Jones]

> Native support is drastically needed.

And that is exactly what Microsoft are trying to prevent.

There is only one good solution to this, and it'll save everyone about £700 in licensing costs.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-
> bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of andrew holway
> Sent: 13 September 2007 16:29
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] .odt documents
> 
> 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/
> >
> > --
> > Martin Tomes
> > martin at tomes.org.uk
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