Kword and openoffice.org-writer use differnt odf-files?

[Alexander]

On Friday 15 June 2007, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Friday 15 June 2007, Alexander wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > i use Kword and openoffice.org Writer some time now.
> > I have noticed that files saved with Kword will not display correctly in
> > Openoffice and vice versa.
> >
> > I have the latest versions. (Kword 1.6 and OO 2.04 i think)
> >
> > Do they use different odf-files or why is this so?
> > I find this really bad. I thought odf is a standart.
> > Or maybe i have to change a program setting?
> 
> Neither KWord nor OpenOffice.org fully implement the specification yet and 
> both have a different subset implemented.
> 
> Since implementing a new format as the applications native format (i.e. no 
> importing or exporting) often requires internal changes as well, it will take 
> a bit until the ODF support is fully finished.
> 
> In the case of KWord the application would also have needed some extending to 
> cover features it didn't support yet, however, since the KOffice developers 
> are short on manpower, they decided to aim for full ODF compatability in 
> KOffice 2.0 and only implement those parts of the specification on 1.x which 
> they could to with their available featureset.
> 
> If you are interested in details you could ask on the koffice mailinglist as I 
> am sure the KOffice developers can explain this a lot better :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 

Thx Kevin for the quick answer.
It's good to know that
a)there is no bug from my side
b)we can hope for a united future

I'll ask the devs maybe later if i have a really specific question.
But your answer was quite complete for my little user view :-) .

Greetings,
Alex


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