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Posted by Cassius
Feb 15, 2007 at 05:29 PM

Franz said, “Ahem. “Standards” and MS Office in one sentence?

“What Microsoft “standard” do you mean: Word 6.0 (DOS), Winword 2.0, Word 95, Word 97/2000/XP, Word 2003 XML or “OpenXML”?”

Usually, when a product such as Word updates with a format change, the new version automatically imports files in the old format and converts them to the new format. (The Maple PIM is an exception, which is why I dropped it.) A difficulty with a new file format is the problems that arise when one is collaborating with others who are using an older version of the software. Several years ago, when I was co-lead on a joint FAA-EUROCONTROL project, this problem arose. The Europeans were using an older version of Word than was I. I was able to find an MS conversion program that converted my, newer format into their, older format. I do not know if MS still provides such conversion programs.

-c