Re: OT: OpenOffice not 100% compatible?

Hello Budgie,


Where I worked a while back, they upgraded the entire outfit to WinWord2000. I
often did drawings in '6 and '97. I did one set of drawings in '2000 at work
and emailed them home to do more work with them, only to find they were
"scrambled" when I looked at them in '97.


Go to Tools -> Options -> Compatibility and switch everything possible to '97 compatibility.


I suspect MicroShaft's main problem is thinking that new features are what
distinguishes their product from any competition, or simply the need to add
features because they want to put a later label on the product. Backward
compatibility isn't on their radar.


Their marketeers do not seem to understand how much business that is costing them. I do not upgrade anything unless I absolutely have to. Golden rule of the house, period. But I know many who liked some new features yet shied away from an upgrade because of all the issues they fear that would cause. Like potentially not being able to edit older stuff. Every one of those cases was a lost sales opportunity for Microsoft. IMHO that is not a very smart business philosophy.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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