Originally Posted by sheffieldl
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Right. I have friends who use Open Office, and sometimes the files the email or put into a shared folder cannot be opened. I'm sure there's probably a way to fix it, but for a client to receive an attachment and not be able to open it would be embarrassing and a waste of time. Open Office has its advantages, but right now I feel Microsoft beats them out on function and compatibility (for now, anyway!)
Lisa.
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Important to note, if you are using M$office2007 you need to save the file in both 2007 and 2003 formats, unless you KNOW your client has M$office2007 on his/her computer.
I had a friend/client send ME a 2007 file, which she made on a trial version of 2007, the "problem" she was having was being unable to open her own file.... she didn't seem to understand the concept of "trial".
And I could only view it with the free M$office2007 viewer - which is available on the M$ website. I was NOT able to edit the file until I downloaded a trial of M$Office2007 onto my computer.
If the reverse had happened, if I had forced a client to download a trial of Office2007 to work with a file I sent him/her, that would not be cool - not at all.
