scott nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/07 03:16:
>>  I have for long wondered why companies are so eager to tie their vital
>> documents to a closed proprietary format owned by one company who has 
>> sole
>> control on when and how the format is supported.
> 
> Well if worst comes to worst, you just don't install the newer version 
> of the software.  Anyway I don't think MS would last long if their 
> latest version of Word didn't allow imports from previous versions - I 
> wouldn't worry.
> 
> And if worst comes to absolute worse (like Word2009 only allows you to 
> open Word2009 files and nothing else) then you'd probably stick with 
> Word2008 until MS released an update (along with every other company in 
> the world) or start using OpenOffice (which someone would no doubt have 
> written a very good Word2008 importer for).
> 
> The bottom line is the benefits of using MS Office far outweigh any risk 
> of all your documents suddenly becoming unusable.
> 
> 
Word can only import from the previous 2, maybe 3, versions. If you have 
upgraded through more than that many versions, you can import from older 
versions, dating back about 2 versions before the first version that you actualy 
installed. The problem is that you loose that capacity if you get a new computer 
and forget to transfert all your old convertion filters.
Whenever you need to access any old document that have not been accessed for 
more than 3 or 4 years, you run the risk of not been able do to it, as you may 
no longer have the appropriate filters.

-- 
Alain
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