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LibreOffice 4.0: First Take (ZDNet)

LibreOffice 4.0: First Take (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 13, 2013 21:00 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: LibreOffice 4.0: First Take (ZDNet) by drag
Parent article: LibreOffice 4.0: First Take (ZDNet)

ok, which version of .doc files is the de facto standard? or are each of the different versions their own separate standard? and if so, why do people talk as if they are part of one standard?


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LibreOffice 4.0: First Take (ZDNet)

Posted Feb 13, 2013 22:07 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

You are assuming that 'de facto standard' is a standard. It's not. It's something which people perceive as a standard while in fact it's not one.

As for .doc files... Grab old version of MS Word (straight from Microsoft's site, no less!) and try to open .DOC files created by in a latest version of MS Office. I'll wish you luck - you'll need it.

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