Re: [SLUG] Star Office and Open Office

From: Mike Manchester (mchester@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 13:59:04 EDT


Excel can't writ the file.
Mike M.

Bill wrote:

>On Friday 26 July 2002 05:25, you wrote:
>
>>Bill wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 25 July 2002 20:43, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Have you found any problem with saving files saved with openoffice in
>>>>MSOffice. I have an Excel spreadsheet that I modified in OpenOffice and
>>>>opened it in MSOffice 2k with now problem, but when I try to save it
>>>>
>>>>from MSOffice 2k Execl GPF's.
>>>
>>>>Mike M
>>>>
>>>Cool. A document trojan. :-)
>>>
>>>Did you change it in MSO2K or is there a setting in OpenOffice that will
>>>do this all on its own?
>>>
>>Didn't change anything except some text in the spreadsheet. Sent it to a
>>Windows machine and opened the file made a change and presto changeo CPFed.
>>
>
><--- grinning & drooling .... does it go belly up if it's not changed in
>Excel but only read and closed or is it that Excel can't write the file?
>
>If WIndows and the other programs from MSFT were of higher quality (read:
>fewer significant defects) this would be very interesting news and lead to a
>great deal of debate about whose fault it is and how to fix it. As things
>are, though, hardly anyone cares. As OpenOffice / StarOffice take a bigger
>share of the desktop, the problem is going to become more apparent and my
>hunch is that, after loudly pointing thousands of fingers at SUN in press
>releases and news conferences, MSFT will quietly fix it.
>
>Bill
>



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