RE: Converting sdw files

2013-09-25 Thread LYNN BRUBAKER
help. I don't know how I got on this email list but can someone get me off. > From: mrp1...@hotmail.co.uk > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Converting sdw files > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:45:59 +0100 > > Hello; > > I am running Mint 15 KDE and have installed AOOo, however, though th

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:11 24/09/2013 -0400, James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version of OpenOffice. Actually, he was quoting the 4.0 release notes. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was their default format? IIRC, full ODF supp

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version of OpenOffice. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was there default format? IIRC, full ODF support came with v2.0, with the last 1.x version able to read, but not write ODF

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: > The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version > of OpenOffice. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was there default format? IIRC, full ODF support came with v2.0, with the last 1.x version able to read, but not write ODF files. --

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Brian Barker wrote: You could temporarily install version 3.4.1 in order to carry out the conversions. See http://www.openoffice.org/download/other-341.html . Or use a portable version that does not require installation: http://www.openoffice.org/porting Regards, Andrea.

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:45 24/09/2013 +0100, John Pickard wrote: I am running Mint 15 KDE and have installed AOOo, however, though the convert option offers to convert the following old Staroffice files; - SGF, SGV SVG & SVM files. However, it does not offer or seem capable of reading SDW files of which I have a