On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:15:39AM -0400, [KS] wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > I know it probably goes without saying but OOo 2.0 will be compatible > > with > > the 1.x saved files; and not in the way Micro$oft Word sense of compatible. > > I > > just started a project in OOo 1.13 and am mildly concerned about switching > > over when OOo 2.0 hits unstable/testing. > > > > It had hit unstable yesterday already! I upgraded today and it installed > around 52 packages for the 2.0 after removing the older version(1.1.4-6). > > And about backwards compatibility, I found this link > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?action=view&id=420&topic=Linux which > says: > "OpenOffice.org 2.0 includes an automated document converter which eases > the document format transition by providing a tool to convert the > content of entire directory structures from the old OpenOffice.org and > proprietary Microsoft Office file formats to the new OpenDocument open > standard. For users of earlier versions of OpenOffice.org, version 1.1.5 > will provide compatibility with the OpenDocument file format for those > unable or unwilling to update to version 2.0."
Does this mean that if I touch an OpenOffice version 1.1 file with OpenOffice 2.0, its file format will be forever changed, and no longer editable by OpenOffice 1.1? This could be a real problem. My users' /home directories are shared between several Debian systems, some of which run sarge (with 1.1) for stability, and the rest running etch to be up-to-date, which will soon have 2.0. Is OpenOffice 2.0 not capable of writing files in 1.1 format? -- hendrik > > But before doing anything with your 1.x project I would advise that a > backup should be in order! > > HTH > /KS > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
