[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenOffice - winword formatting error issues

[Kevin Brannen]

terry wrote:

> Mark Gross wrote:
>
> >>I'm not concerned about what I may have to correct under OO.The 
> >>concern is that when I send a document to a MS user, they have to 
> make >>corrections and don't understand why they should have to 
> bother. I >>wind up being hounded because I can't send them a 
> "compatible" >>document. They won't switch to OO because they are 
> constantly having >>to send docs to other MS users. I actually tried 
> putting them on OO >>under Windows (as a precursor to going to Linux) 
> and they STILL had >>the problem. I don't have the time to keep 
> tweaking their setup. It's >>easier just to keep them current with 
> anti virus and anti ad software.
> >
> >
> >Easy way around that is to send them documents in pdf format.  Works 
> >for me all the time.
>
> Then they would need Adobe Acrobat (full edition) to make any changes. 
> That's not gonna happen, and I've yet to see a shareware Windoes pdf 
> program that works. We're talking about docs that are dynamic, not 
> static.
> =================================================================
> That's not true, they can use OpenOffice.
>
> OR, get the latest OO, or buy a copy of StarOffice, it has better 
> exporting.  Export the doc as word 95.  I send docs made this way all 
> over the US - to banks and anal insurance companies, etc..  They never 
> know the difference.  They re-edit and send 'em back just dandy.
> I use OO all the time without hassle.  The best part is when I have to 
> use OO to reformat a microdoft XP doc back to word 95 so that some of 
> my center managers (using older MSOffices) can read it


In using OO, I also tend to save the files in the RTF format, then send 
that -- to avoid MS version problems.  Most people deal with this just 
fine, but I still get the occassional "What is this RTF file?  Can Word 
use that?"  ...sigh...

Kevin