Re: OOo 2.0 compatibilty w/OOo 1.x

From: Hendrik Boom (hendrik_at_pooq.com)
Date: 10/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:20:54 -0400
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    On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:15:39AM -0400, [KS] wrote:
    > Steve Lamb wrote:
    > > I know it probably goes without saying but OOo 2.0 will be compatible with
    > > the 1.x saved files; and not in the way Micro$oft Word sense of compatible. I
    > > just started a project in OOo 1.13 and am mildly concerned about switching
    > > over when OOo 2.0 hits unstable/testing.
    > >
    >
    > It had hit unstable yesterday already! I upgraded today and it installed
    > around 52 packages for the 2.0 after removing the older version(1.1.4-6).
    >
    > And about backwards compatibility, I found this link
    > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?action=view&id=420&topic=Linux which
    > says:
    > "OpenOffice.org 2.0 includes an automated document converter which eases
    > the document format transition by providing a tool to convert the
    > content of entire directory structures from the old OpenOffice.org and
    > proprietary Microsoft Office file formats to the new OpenDocument open
    > standard. For users of earlier versions of OpenOffice.org, version 1.1.5
    > will provide compatibility with the OpenDocument file format for those
    > unable or unwilling to update to version 2.0."

    Does this mean that if I touch an OpenOffice version 1.1 file with
    OpenOffice 2.0, its file format will be forever changed, and no longer
    editable by OpenOffice 1.1?

    This could be a real problem. My users' /home directories are shared
    between several Debian systems, some of which run sarge (with 1.1) for
    stability, and the rest running etch to be up-to-date, which will soon
    have 2.0.

    Is OpenOffice 2.0 not capable of writing files in 1.1 format?

    -- hendrik

    >
    > But before doing anything with your 1.x project I would advise that a
    > backup should be in order!
    >
    > HTH
    > /KS
    >
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