Re: OOo 2.0 compatibilty w/OOo 1.x
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
>
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