.odt or .sxw ?

[Chris Aitken]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
>   
>> I think that this is a simple enough OO question that it's not worth
>> joining their mailing list:
>>
>> My OO 2.2 defaults to .odt when saving files. So, I keep saving it as
>> .sxw. I have to keep comfirming that I want to save as .sxw. I'm tired
>> of doing this. Is there no .sxw 2.x file format. Is .odt the new standard.
>>     
> The .sxw is far less of a 'standard' than ODT. IIRC,
> OpenOffice/StarOffice is the only software that can really open the old
> .sx? formats properly. There are reports that the KOffice filters were
> unreliable. OTOH, ODT is an ISO standard that will be supported
> (natively or via plugin) by all major office suites.
>
>   
>> Almost all of my saved files are .sxw. Should I be making the switch.
>> I don't think I use any of the newer features (whatever they are) that
>> I'm ever going to lose anything critical either way. I guess OO is
>> just warning me that some features may not be there if I create in OO
>> 2.2 but save in OO 1. I guess OO 2.2 doesn't look at what's in my
>> specific document before advising.
>>     
> The only downside of storing in ODT is that the files can't be opened in
> OpenOffice 1.X.
>   
But you could always Save As .sxw...?
> My own suggestion is 'if it's not broken don't fix it'. Keep older files
> as .sxw, but as you need to modify them save the result as .odt. You're
> making your files more standards-compliant that way.
>   
Okay.

Chris
> - Evan
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