Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] The importance to users of documents lookingthe same

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

"Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
wrote on 06/18/2008 04:33:36 PM:

> 2008/6/18 David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>:
> > (at the risk of bludgeoning the point into the ground)
> >
> > Although actually defining what "layout perfect" means,
users
> > certainly want it.
> <snip/>
> 
> 
> Agreed *some* users want it.
> It's not in the ODF standard.
> This group is concerned with compliance and interop to that standard
> hence layout perfect is out of scope for this TC?
> 
> 

Never say never.  For example, I'm reading that
OpenOffice 3.0 will have a features the will bundle a PDF document into
an ODF packagage, in addition to the ODF content.  So pixel perfection,
as well as editability.  A non-conventional way of achieving it, but
it may prove to be effective.  In any case, something like that could
be specified in a profile.

-Rob