[PLUG] Dealing With Microsoft's XML Document Format

[wes]

On 7/21/08, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Robert Citek wrote:
>
> > Getting a translator to work with OOo on Windows would be nice,
> especially
> > as a portable app.
>
>   But, wait! This is the format that Microsoft insisted was their future
> (at
> the time). Don't they provide a mechanism for those not running
> Vista/Office07 to view and work with those files? What a surprise!
>
> Rich
>
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Oh, but they did. They provided all the specs to their open source
"partners" (Novell), who created a converter. The converter works great...
on specific versions of OOo on specific distros. Ubuntu found some way to
hack it in, so their users benefit too.

The OOo Ninjas I linked to in my other post appear to have found a way to
make it work for everyone. I haven't tested it on Windows yet, but they
do specifically claim that it works.

-wes