I regularly use AOO to open files built in the 1990s, without any problems. Some are complex, convoluted whoppers (such as one 300+ page book that has a great many format & font shifts, photos, tables, etc).
Maurice -----Original Message----- From: James Knott [mailto:james.kn...@rogers.com] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 10:42 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [ANN] Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 released Urmas wrote: > "Tim Deaton": > >> The name "Urmas" says it all: "anti-AOO spam". > > What can one say about the office software which is unable to open its > own documents from 2000? Only the truth. > Why do you say it won't open stuff from back then? I don't have any files from then handy, but I do have a Writer SXW document from 2004. I have no problem opening it. Also, the ODF file standard was developed from the original OpenOffice (StarOffice) formats. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4117 / Virus Database: 3599/6727 - Release Date: 10/06/13 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
