why is it so hard to work with ms office files? enhancement

[Jim Michaels <jm...@yahoo.com.INVALID>]

why is it so hard to work with ms office files? it should be easy.

expected: there ought to be a setting that changes the default file types for open, save, save as (file ops) so that the user is always easily working with his favorite file type (save, save as, and open). but changing the file type should always be available. this should be set at installation. during an upgrade from a version which did not have this feature (or every time) installer should query the user for the file types desired for those 3 file ops via a combo box, OR specify a radio button to work with MS Office 2007/2010(.docx), MS Office 2003 XML, MS Office 97(.doc), Ooen Document Format(ODF), default being MS Office 2007/2010(.docx).


actual: opening a file you must specify a file type (should not be necessary, should be detectable by file extension - if application gets a file extension that targets multiple file types, query the user.

 
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Jim Michaels
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JimM@RenewalComputerServices.com
http://RenewalComputerServices.com
http://JesusnJim.com (my personal site, has software)
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[KiB] [MiB] [GiB] [TiB]
[2^10B=1,024^1B=1KiB]
[2^20B=1,024^2B=1,048,576B=1MiB]
[2^30B=1,024^3B=1,073,741,824B=1GiB]
[2^40B=1,024^4B=1,099,511,627,776B=1TiB]
[2^50B=1,024^5B=1,125,899,906,842,624B=1PiB]
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[kB] [MB] [GB] [TB]
[10^3B=1,000B=1kB]
[10^6B=1,000,000B=1MB]
[10^9B=1,000,000,000B=1GB]
[10^12B=1,000,000,000,000B=1TB]
[10^15B=1,000,000,000,000,000B=1PB]

Re: why is it so hard to work with ms office files? enhancement

[Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 03:24:08 -0700
Jim Michaels <jm...@yahoo.com.INVALID> wrote:

> why is it so hard to work with ms office files? it should be easy.
> 
> expected: there ought to be a setting that changes the default file types for open, save, save as (file ops) so that the user is always easily working with his favorite file type (save, save as, and open). but changing the file type should always be available. this should be set at installation. during an upgrade from a version which did not have this feature (or every time) installer should query the user for the file types desired for those 3 file ops via a combo box, OR specify a radio button to work with MS Office 2007/2010(.docx), MS Office 2003 XML, MS Office 97(.doc), Ooen Document Format(ODF), default being MS Office 2007/2010(.docx).
> 
> 
> actual: opening a file you must specify a file type (should not be necessary, should be detectable by file extension - if application gets a file extension that targets multiple file types, query the user.
> 
>  
> -------------
> Jim Michaels
> Jmichae3@yahoo.com
> JimM@RenewalComputerServices.com
> http://RenewalComputerServices.com
> http://JesusnJim.com (my personal site, has software)

A quick search gave me this article which tells how to set the default save types in OpenOffice.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/configure-change-or-set-openofficeorg-to-default-save-files-in-microsoft-office-formats/

However, it is not an MS Office clone: if your main requirement is to use MS file formats, you might be best to acquire MS Office.

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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>

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