.odt or .sxw ?

[James Knott]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> 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).
>
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2065160,00.asp
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