.odt or .sxw ?

[David Payne]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:36:21AM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >The default format for OpenOffice 2 is the ISO standard OpenDocument 
> >Format.  If you want to always save in the older OpenOffice 1 formats, 
> >you can make that the default.  However, is there any reason to 
> >continue using the older format?  The only reason I can think of, is 
> >that you want to give the files to someone who can only run the 1.x 
> >versions of OpenOffice or equivalent StarOffice.  OpenOffice 2 can 
> >read and write both file types.  If you wish, you can convert all your 
> >existing files to the new format by using a wizard.  
> Okay, I tried the Wizard. Unfortunately it does a Save As (so I'm left 
> with two files) and then I have to delete the .sxw. There doesn't seem 
> to be a switch to delete original...

You could do a rm *.sxw.

> >I'd say go with the new format, as it is the ISO standard.
> Okay.
> 
> Chris
> 
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