Fwd: Microsoft respondents say they cannot open LINUX attachments. What can we advise them please

[Gerard Seibert]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:20:02 -0500, "Howard Coles Jr."<dhcolesj at comcast.net>
Subject:  Re: [kde] Fwd: Microsoft respondents say they cannot open
LINUX attachments. What can we advise them please
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> On Saturday 29 October 2005 04:20 pm, JACKIE AINSWORTH wrote:
> > --- JACKIE AINSWORTH <jackieinbosham at btopenworld.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:39:57 +0100 (BST)
> > > From: JACKIE AINSWORTH
> > > <jackieinbosham at btopenworld.com>
> > > Subject: Fwd: Microsoft respondents say they cannot
> > > open LINUX attachments. What can we advise them
> > > please?
> > >
> > > thanks.
> 
> This is a problem on two fronts:
> 1.  That someone thinks that just because I use Linux the format of the 
> OpenOffice.org file, or any other file for that matter, is inherently 
> different.  This seems to be a problem on both sides of this fence!  So, lets 
> clear the air, OpenOffice.org 2.0 uses the OpenDocument Format, 
> OpenOffice.org 1.x uses a differently formatted XML document type.  NEITHER 
> have specific file formats depending on the OS they use.  (Unless they are 
> using a Beta of OOo 2 as I found that some older betas have problems opening 
> newer betas files).
> 
> 2.  That This is a Linux verses Windows battle, when its not at all.  Its a MS 
> Word, or Office, versus OOo battle.  For that there are some other 
> possiblities:
> 	a.  That the people you are sending the documents to download and install OOo 
> (the most prefereable way to handle this issue from my perspective.)
>         b.  That you save your files in a more Word Processor nutrial format 
> (such as RTF, or even since you have OOo, pdf or Doc).
>         c.  You fax your documents to them.
> 
> -- 
> 
> See Ya'
> Howard Coles Jr.
> John 3:16!
> 
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On 10/30/2005 8:11:14 AM Gerard Seibert Replied:

Perhaps this might be of some use.

http://www.openoffice.org/product2/writer.html


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