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Re: Surprise, Surprise. Mightgrowsoft Makes Formats Complicated To Exclude LibreOffice

From candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Surprise, Surprise. Mightgrowsoft Makes Formats Complicated To Exclude LibreOffice
Date 2025-07-23 15:10 +0000
Organization the-candyden-of-code
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:03 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:10:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> All of the .docX files are annoying to deal with without using LO or
>> similar ...
>
> I think they cause problems to Microsoft Office users as well.
>
> Consider that the spec, ISO 29500, contains both “transitional” and
> “strict” options. Here we are, about 20 years later, and hardly anyone
> uses the “strict” version, for fear of breaking compatibility with
> Microsoft Office.
>
><https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000400.shtml>


There's also like 4 different MS Office file formats too, and I have no
idea whats actually different between them.
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