Office 2007 files are all based on XML (semi-cool, I guesss) and so therefore all the formats have changed from .doc to .docx or .ppt to .pptx, so as far as I know, open office cannot open any new office file formats.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Wette</b> <<a href="mailto:matt.wette@earthlink.net">matt.wette@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was thinking that the introduction of Office 2007 would provide<br>organizations an opportunity to switch to OpenOffice. For places<br>where Windows and Linux / Unix must interoperate, it seems that<br>a common solution like this would be better.
<br><br>When MS Office 2007 gets deployed does this mean that OpenOffice<br>will no longer be able to open (.doc,.ppt) mail attachments?<br><br>Munjal Thakkar wrote:<br>> I went to a workshop today demoing Office 2007, while it's not vista,
<br>> performed and actually works very well. Very powerful and organized<br>> collaboration between programs and a lot of powerful tools for<br>> businesses, I highly reccommend everyone to at least take a gander at
<br>> the new office suite, its actually something to finally credit M$ for.<br>><br></blockquote></div><br>