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Subject: RE: [regrep] Format for our documents (PDF)
Well, regardless of whether you use OO or MSW or PPT etc., if you convert the document to PDF, then ANY user will be able to view it on ANY platform using the FREE Adobe Reader 6.0. :-) cheers pk -----Original Message----- From: Breininger, Kathryn R [mailto:kathryn.r.breininger@boeing.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:52 AM To: Farrukh Najmi; Duane Nickull Cc: regrep@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [regrep] Format for our documents Unfortunately, not everyone can open OpenOffice. For example, when I click on the .sxi links, I get garbage, but the .ppt opens fine. -----Original Message----- From: Farrukh Najmi [mailto:farrukh.najmi@sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:54 PM To: Duane Nickull Cc: regrep@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [regrep] Format for our documents Duane Nickull wrote: > Farrukh: > > You make a great case and points for OO. I have to agree and conclude > that it is probably the only candidate based on the requirements. > > I always felt it was a bit ironic that we used MS products to express > a standard that MS never really embraced. It is even funnier that we > often use PPT format to talk about it. Actually, I have always used Open Office for any slides I have created for our work. To maximize access I often create a PPT format copy along with the SXI source. See for example: http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/ebxmlrr-xmlEurope2003.sxi http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/ebxmlrr-xmlEurope2003.ppt http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/ebxmlrr-egov.sxi http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/ebxmlrr-egov.ppt http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/ebXMLRegistryV3OverviewIncludes V2.sxi I find Open Office a real joy to work with. And did I mentions that it is cross-platform? You can open the same web URLs above from any platform using Open Office and expect it to work the same. In summary, Open Office is better and royalty free! How can anyone lose. > > > /d > > > > Farrukh Najmi wrote: > >> Changed subject title to protect the innocent... >> >> >>> Farrukh Najmi wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> BTW I like the idea of having HTML version of specs available >>>> online. I propose we do this for our specs as well. Any objections? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Duane Nickull wrote: >> >>> Docbook? >> >> >> >> Actually all I was thinking is to save the document as HTML. This is >> a cheap and mindless act. >> >> The current spec source in in Word. It has several problems due to >> limitations in Word for large documents. Longer term I would like to >> move away from Word. I was thinking of Open Office which is the basis >> for the Open Office Format TC: >> >> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office >> >> Important criterea for choice of formats are: >> >> -Open format (ideally XML) >> >> -WYSIWYG Editors that are useable and reliable >> >> -Ideally freely available software >> >> Open Office meets each of the above requirements. Software is freely >> available from: >> >> http://www.openoffice.org >> >> Also since it can open Word formats migration from Word to Open >> Office would be relatively painless. >> >> What do people (and specialy Sally) think? >> >> > -- Farrukh You may leave a Technical Committee at any time by visiting http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgroup. php You may leave a Technical Committee at any time by visiting http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgroup. php
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