Re: [libreoffice-users] Office 2007 compatibility

Hi :)
In the few cases where there have been problems we tend to find the older formats are more 
compatible.  Xls rather than XlsX, Doc instead of DocX and so on.  Obviously it is better to use 
OpenDocument Formats such as Ods and Odt as used in every other office suite even MS Office 
2007&2010 can read the older version of those formats.  

Just out of curiosity have you considered reading the spreadsheet data with a database front-end 
such as LO Base or MS Access?  

Base is built to read many different back-ends that contain the data and it might even be able to 
help convert the data into a more reliable format.  Spreadsheets can be disordered all too easily.  
A proper database program such as MariaDb/MySql, Postgresql can provide a much safer back-end to 
keep the data more securely.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Mon, 26/3/12, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Office 2007 compatibility
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 26 March, 2012, 12:55

Syed,

On 03/23/2012 04:11 PM, Sales@durood.com wrote:
> Dear Sir:
>
> I would like to know whether 1) the LibreOffice is compatible with Microsoft Office 2007,  2) 
> Also whether your spreadsheet can  download up to 1 million records at a time and 3) also whether 
> it is compatible with Windows XP.
> If not then what are its requirements for hardware and software.
>
> Thanking you.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Syed Zaffer
I wii try to answer your questions:

1. MSO 2007 compatibility - is generally very good. Personally I have had very little problems with 
handling MSO formats.

2. I do not know what the specific size limits are and if it memory dependent. Again, my experience 
has been that LO can handle files as large or larger than MSO 2010 Excel.

3. LO is compatible with Windows XP, see the following page for more details: 
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/

-- Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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