Am 06.08.2013 21:55, schrieb Sina Momken: > ... does LO Writer > converts files to .odt when it tries to open them or it can directly > work with formats other than .odt like .doc and .docx?
I think no software "works" directly with a file format. Files are "frozen data streams", they are static. Any data bits from the file get "imported" into the software which stores them into its internal variables, arrays, objects, and more, then it works with them and after that stores the result again in the file. So there is always some kind of import "translation" of data when a software "opens" (i.e. reads) the file (resp. export translation when writing it). However, in the "native" format (as is odf for LibreOffice), this translation mostly goes 1:1 as the file format is chosen to support the software's needs best (or vice versa). In contrast, for other (i.e. non-native) formats, the software first has to convert the "foreign" data format into what it understands. This is done by import resp. export filters, which map the software's needs to file format givens and thus allows the software to "understand" foreign formats. Does this answer your question? Or did you mean something completely diffferent? Why did you ask this question? Nino -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
