.odt or .sxw ?

[Chris Aitken]

James Knott wrote:

<snip>
>> 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...
>
> I believe that's intended as a safety feature, against possible 
> corruption.  There's nothing to stop you from using wild cards i.e. 
> *.sxw to move or delete the originals.  Also, now that you've 
> converted to ODF files, you can use other word processors, such as 
> KWrite or Abiword with those files.  They also supported by other 
> apps, such as Lotus Notes 8 and Google Apps or even MS Office 
> (requires Sun ODF pluggin).
Okay, but, as always, never WordPerfect... (not that I care).

Chris

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