Re: Choosing between Word Formats



John McGhie schrieb:

I strongly disagree. I strongly believe that all users of Word 2008 are
best advised to save in and work in the latest .docx format.

I further believe they are best to SEND that format to other people, always.
Everyone else can find a way to open the .docx format. There are no
exceptions.

This advise will only serve to promote the interest of Microsoft Corp., not that of the ordinary user.

We know that doc is *not* a data interchange format <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html>. Neither is docx because it is not an agreed standard, neither. Vice versa, ODF is, which Microsoft does not support for reasons beyond reason. :-(

Most people out there can open doc files now, so perhaps we could agree that docx is best for working on your file, but before sending it out to someone you should export it to RTF or doc. Be aware that every export or import will come with some loss of formatting.

Regards,
Jürgen.
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