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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: MS Office filters
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicog () snafu ! de>
Date:       2002-07-26 12:16:52
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I suppose that we do know that we need better filters from/to Microsoft 
Office.

There are some efforts to bring it forward. But it needs manpower (people and 
time!)

I am sorry, but we are not magicians, we cannot create something out of 
nothing.

Have a nice day/evening/night!

On Freitag, 26. Juli 2002 11:35, Peter de Groot wrote:
> Hi guys .... love koffice ... but ...................
>
> Speaking as an end-user and IT roll-out
> person, you are at a bit of a cusp.....
>
> IF you want to get serious about putting
> KDE "out there" as a serious office package,
> then you are going to have to be able
> to import-export Microsoft Office format
> files.
>
> I recently showed the Koffice suite
> to a new linux user ....
>
> While he was impressed with Koffice, he
> ended up installing Open/Star office,
> because he could import/export Msoffice
> format files.
>
> Similarly, when when trying to
> show the benefits of Koffice to
> people in a "big shop", they soon
> lose interest, when they realize
> that they cannot import/export
> their existing MSOffice documents.
>
> I know it is tedious.... but
> please, PLEASE can you get the
> MSOFFICE I/O happening REAL
> SOON NOW !!!!!!!!!
>
> Regards
> Peter de Groot

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