[ omegat-Feature Requests-1589239 ] Add direct support for Office 2007 XML

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Feature Requests item #1589239, was opened at 2006-11-02 13:44
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Category: File filters
>Group: 1.6
Status: Open
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 7
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Submitted By: Henry Pijffers (henry_pijffers)
Assigned to: Didier Briel (didierbr)
Summary: Add direct support for Office 2007 XML

Initial Comment:
Sonja Tomaskovic:

Microsoft released a plug-in
that allows previous Office versions to save files in
the new Office 2007 XML.
 
The download link for the add-on is 
 http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx


Henry Pijffers:

This way we have a Microsoft Office format we can
support directly, without conversion through
third-party tools. We can ask users to download the
plugin and upgrade their documents themselves, then we
don't need to support the proprietary MS formats.

Hmmm maybe there's one drawback: If you convert a
document to the new format, will your client be able to
read it in, say, Office XP or Office 2003? This may
just be another MS trick to force people to upgrade.

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Comment By: Didier Briel (didierbr)
Date: 2007-01-22 14:09

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Documentation uploaded.

Didier
File Added: Microsoft Open XML filter for OmegaT.odt

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Comment By: Jean-Christophe Helary (brandelune)
Date: 2007-01-22 13:23

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modified resolution and assignment

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Comment By: Didier Briel (didierbr)
Date: 2007-01-22 11:04

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Fixed in CVS.

I cannot change Resolution and Assigned to (not enough rights).

I have written a short documentation for this filter.

Henry, it would be nice if you could upload it for reference.

Didier

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Comment By: Jean-Christophe Helary (brandelune)
Date: 2006-11-07 17:03

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from another RFE thread: Sonja once mentioned the following Java library
to convert files with OOo. Not exactly related to MSO12 support 
but should be registered somewhere:

http://jooreports.sourceforge.net/?q=jooconverter

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Comment By: Henry Pijffers (henry_pijffers)
Date: 2006-11-02 14:12

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Of course! Where's my head today?
I'm starting to see a bright future for MS Office support.

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Comment By: Jean-Christophe Helary (brandelune)
Date: 2006-11-02 14:11

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Plus, what matters really is that the _translator_ has this converter.
Then it is not a rountrip through OOo that we have but through MS 
directly: convert to Office 12, translate, convert back to the original
format :)

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Comment By: Henry Pijffers (henry_pijffers)
Date: 2006-11-02 13:56

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I've just checked the link, and Microsoft claims that users
of older Office versions will be able to open, edit, and
save files in the new Office 2007 format. That's great news.
Clients will be able to open files created by OmegaT users
then. Of course there will always be clients who don't want
to install this plugin, but those will number less and less
over time, and at some point in time this problem will
completely vanish.

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