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The nice thing about office is at least the file format is an open standard and can be opened in myriad programs as is or converted to html, rtf, markdown etc.
by quickthrower2 4y ago
The nice thing about office is at least the file format is an open standard and can be opened in myriad programs as is or converted to html, rtf, markdown etc.
- Asraelite 4y agoIn theory. In practice I have yet to see free software that fully supports it. Both Google and LibreOffice mangle docx and pptx documents. This isn't Microsoft's fault though. I'm really glad it's an open standard.
- dotancohen 4y agoOpen in the sense that the standard literally states "will handle XYZ case as the case is handled in MS Office 2000. So to implement the standard one needs a copy of Office 2000 to see how it handles specific cases. That's black box testing, as Office source code is not available.
- wolverine876 4y ago> the file format is an open standard and can be opened in myriad programs as is or converted to html, rtf, markdown etc. Have you seen that work well in practice? I haven't - if you want to reliably open Microsoft Office docs, the only answer is Microsoft Office. Just because it's open doesn't mean it's coherent, consistent, or possible to implement.