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20070208 Donnerstag Februar 08, 2007

What Sun's ODF plug-in looks like
Since many people will be wondering what Sun's new ODF plug-in might look like, here are a few screen shots that illustrate its behavior. The first screen shot shows the options dialog of Microsoft Word 2003 where ODF can be selected as the default file format:



The next screen shot shows an ODF document taken from the OASIS ODF TC website opened in Microsoft Word 2003:



And the screen shot below shows the same document opened in StarOffice 8:



As mentioned in the Sun announcement, the download files for the plug-in will become available in mid February. Thus, you have to wait just a few more days until you can play with the software yourself.
( Feb 08 2007, 05:14:28 PM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]


Reactions to our ODF plug-in announcement and more
Here are some reactions to our ODF plug-in announcement and other ODF related news articles:

"Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODF"

"And Now There are Two: Sun Announces its ODF Plug-in"

"OpenDocument software gains momentum"

"Will today's text files be tomorrow's stone tablets?"

"Microsoft's Open XML Scrutinized"

"OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota"


( Feb 08 2007, 01:07:08 PM CET ) Permalink



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