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And lo on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:59:53 +0100, scott <sco### [at] laptop com> did
spake, saying:
>>> Have you actually read the standard?
>>
>> From cover to cover? No. (Have you?)
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> No me neither, just the first part.
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>> I've read enough to know what a bad idea is.
>
> You mean the standard could be better than it is? That does not mean
> it's a bad idea. In fact it's quite a good idea, as it gives developers
> a much better chance to compete with MS.
Only in the creation of new OOXML documents, if you want to convert your
old Word/Excel-02/07 docs into OOXML you either have to accept that things
will be changed slightly and re-check all your documents or use the
depreciated tags that only Microsoft knows how to parse correctly.
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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