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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: The "Killer" application]
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-11-26 6:02:43
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David Faure wrote:
>>This issue isn't just for this idea.  To compete with other Office suites you need to be 
>>able to insert into either a Word document or a presentation Slide, a data object which is 
>>linked to a Spreadsheet file.
> 
> 
> This is of course possible.
> Embedding single cells at a time sounds quite difficult to use though, in the current state of things
> (why do you want to do that?)
> 
Businesses need this for reports which are linked to a spreadsheet that has the figures!

What they say in the M$ TV adds is true even if it doesn't actually apply to their crummy 
software.
> 
>>3.	Why are there different file formats for different applications?
>>
>>Or, at least why isn't there a general container file format?  Like with a DTP application.
> 
> 
> This will be the case once we switch to the OpenOffice.org file format
> (or rather a common file format based on their current format, but with additions
> needed to make it a bit more generic and fit KOffice's needs).
> 
> 
>>my question is why KOffice maintains the paradigm of separate applications.
> 
> 
> KOShell unifies this a little bit already. Of course it presents the applications (parts)
> as the first choice to make - you still need to be able to choose whether your 
> document will primarily be a grid of cells or a blank page to start with, no
> matter how much things are unified behind the hood :)
> 


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