Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility LO/MSO

On 05/06/2013 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 05/06/2013 12:11 PM, Urmas wrote:
> > "Milos Sramek":
> >
> > > I observe that LibreOffice and MS Office display even simple 
> > > documents, containing just a few paragraphs with numbered and 
> > > bulleted lists, differently. I would like to understand the 
> > > situation and to know
> >
> > This is an intentional strategy of vendor lock-in using ODF document 
> > formats. The competitive formats are implemented not fully or with 
> > deliberate errors 
> Is this also true if you use MS 1997~2003 .doc format?  And if not, 
> then why not use that format?
>
> --doug

Every MSO will work fine with .doc from 2003 through 2013.
Most FOSS packages work well with it as well.

For me, if I need to deal with MSO users, 99% should have 2003 or later 
so I am 99% sure that any .doc file will work fine with their version of 
MSO.  I do not send .docx in case the user runs 2003. That is where I 
stopped getting MSO.

I have a lady who sends me, and everyone else her .docx files that are 
unreadable by anyone that does not have the newest MSO. Since she does 
not want anyone to edit it, I told her about using PDF file instead, or 
at least .doc files.

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