Raúl Santos
Microsoft Word users now can easily import and export to the OpenDocument Format. The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) is now available.
Now I can send documents in OpenDocument format to everyone and when they say “hey, I don’t know how to open this thing you sent me”, I can tell them “well, you can either use OpenOffice or get the converter”. The rest of the conversation would be something like this:
- Hey, but the converter is only available for Office 2003 and 2007, I only have XP and I don’t want to spend $100+ on a new version of MS Office!
- Well, you can either buy it or switch to another Office software, if you want to read the documents I sent you.
- I will not! Why should someone be forced to buy or use something against his will, just to open someone else’s documents??
- Exactly…
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