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   From: flatfish99_spmrmv@yahoo.com   
      
   On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:31:54 -0800 (PST), Rex Ballard wrote:   
      
   > On Dec 3, 2:15 am, JeffM  wrote:   
   >>>Dan C wrote:   
   >>>>Microsoft Office 2010 has now been out on the market for six months   
   >>>>and the product is still selling at a record pace.   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>Doesn¢t mean it¢s actually making much headway   
   >>>against the large installed base of Office 2003 and earlier versions.   
   >   
   >> Many journals won't take stuff submitted in M$O formats   
   >> beyond M$O 2003.   
   >   
   > Many large corporations won't take them either.   
   >   
   > I'm also getting more feedback with OO indications (better fonts).   
      
   You're kidding?   
   Right?   
      
   > I can also tell when a user has either used OO or checked with OO.   
      
   So can most people.   
   That same document will have formatting problems when opened with   
   MSOffice, the de facto standard in the business world.   
      
      
   > But MS-Office 2003 users are quite happy with the OO documents   
   > generated using "save as" OO 2000 formats.   
      
   No they are not because if they were Open Office would have a huge   
   installed base.   
      
      
      
   > Rex B   
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