[K12OSN] Office 2007 and OpenOffice

["Terrell Prudé Jr."]

That includes my district, too.  We're still on MS Office 2003, with no
plans (yet) to go to MS Office 2007, specifically because of this issue.

A couple of ideas.  Give the kids a copy of OpenOffice.org and have them
install that at home.  You might talk with the parents at the PTA
meeting to get their buy-in.  When they understand that MS Office 2007
is what's making it difficult for their kids to interoperate with the
school, then you likely will have more success.  Bring CD-ROM's with
OpenOffice.org on them to this meeting to pass out.

--TP

rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
> I would agree with this since most of the world has yet to upgrade. 
> While you may be compatible within the school system, good luck with
> the rest of us...
>
> Ron
>
> Ronald R. McDaniel
> Technology Coordinator
> Conecuh County Schools
> (251) 578-1752 x30
> rmcdaniel at indata.us <mailto:rmcdaniel at indata.us>
>
> “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
> matter least” Goethe
>
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Office 2007 and OpenOffice
>     From: george kocke <webmaster at vol.org>
>     Date: Tue, September 18, 2007 8:23 am
>     To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
>     <k12osn at redhat.com>
>
>     Rita Gibson wrote:
>
>     > there is an ODF converter for Office 2007, but it would be
>     impossible to
>     > have parents install a converter. In the past, it was much
>     easier to
>     > have OpenOffice be able to open Microsoft and save as Microsoft,
>     less
>     > knowledge on the part of the user necessary....
>
>     I suggest producing a document that explains how to force Office
>     2007 to
>     default save in Office 97-2003 formats.
>
>
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