MS office & Open office compatibility issue

[Jamon Camisso]

William Muriithi wrote:
> Hi pals,
> 
> I wonder if there is someone out there how have found a work around on
> this problem. If you happen to be using open office and editing a
> document in collaboration with some who is using MS office, the paging
> get really messed up.
> 
> For example, you have a 3 pages document in OO, send it across to
> someone who  uses MS office, the document will have around 2 1/4
> pages.  This of course is not good, as the person across may think you
> are not serious.  I have looked at the fonts, line gap, anything that
> can lead to different page size with no luck.
> 
> If there something that I can do to avoid this issue? If not, what
> should I change on receiving a document to have it paged properly
> automatically. I would be happy with a toggle function - ie, receive a
> document, do one or two things, and the document automatically get
> back to the intended paging, then just before sending it out, reverse
> the steps you used on receiving so that people using MS office don't
> get pissed off.
> 
> Any help here would be highly appreaciated.

This happens to me at school all the time, especially since my faculty 
emphasizes group work. One person will use Word, another Open Office, 
and another TextEdit or something else. The best option in that case is 
rtf as it is basic enough and has had enough people figuring it out over 
the years on multiple platforms that formatting isn't too much of a problem.

Get them to send rtf and send rtf back and that should eliminate most of 
the glitches and maintain a consistent degree of brokenness on both ends.

Jamon
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