M$ Project

[Paul Osunero]

Yes it's true, they changed the format in Office 2007.

There are converters out for docx to doc/odf but that's about it...


I don't think there are any linux office apps that can open mpp files
unfortunately...

By the way, the specifications are released for the new file format.  Look
up OpenXML specs in google and you'll find it.  I don't think that MPP files
were part of that though...

On 3/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>
> Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
> > Apparently Openoffice (2.0.4 fc6) could not open the .mpp file created
> > by Office 2007. Would it be possible that it is incompatible?
> >
> I would say "probable" instead of "possible". From what I have read,
> it looks like most of the file formats changed again with Office
> 2007. In the past, only a couple of file formats used by office
> would change when the version was upgraded. You could tell what
> formats by the save as options for older formats, and the updates
> that would eventually come out for the last version letting them
> read the new format. This tends to force people to upgrade office so
> they can modify.write the new formats.
>
> To make matters more interesting, the specifications for the file
> formats are not released, so someone has to put in the effort to
> figure them out before you can write a converter for programs like
> Open Office.
>
> Don't be surprised if people with older versions of office can not
> open the file ether.
>
> Mikkel
> --
>
>   Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
>
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20070315/b64b8d2d/attachment-0001.htm>