bert hubert πΊπ¦πͺπΊπΊπ¦Did you know that @libreoffice will cheerfully open WordPerfect files created by 34 year old software? Quite remarkable.
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective@bert_hubert Well, given that they had 34 years to get it right, they'd better π
Pete Wright@bert_hubert @libreoffice
quite a technical feat indeed, but i'm more surprised that it'll do it cheerfully. :)
quite a technical feat indeed, but i'm more surprised that it'll do it cheerfully. :)
SpaceLifeFormAnother feat is that it opens microsoft files with less issues than microsoft software can deal with.
Hans van Zijst@SpaceLifeForm @bert hubert πΊπ¦πͺπΊ Years ago I was regularly asked to help with Word files that were damaged and that Word couldn't read anymore.
OpenOffice read them without a problem, saved them and then my colleagues could read them again with their inferior software.
OpenOffice read them without a problem, saved them and then my colleagues could read them again with their inferior software.
Van Ganz@hans, @bert_hubert , same here. Once a friend working for a document for UNESCO contacted me in panic saying that Word had corrupted the document and she could not open it anymore.
I opened it in LibreOffice, saved it again in .docx, sent it to her.
She could open it, nothing was lost.
I opened it in LibreOffice, saved it again in .docx, sent it to her.
She could open it, nothing was lost.
Patrick Schmitz@bert_hubert succesfully used @libreoffice to convert some old documents. Don't have WP anymore, so this was quite useful.
Angela Scholder@schmitzel76 @bert_hubert @libreoffice I'm pretty sure it is still installed on my W2k Compaq EN6266 (practically a 6400) with full RAM and I think it's a 320GB disk.
I think last year used the machine to export some RapidFile sheets.
I think last year used the machine to export some RapidFile sheets.
MatΔj Cepl πͺπΊ π¨πΏ πΊπ¦@bert_hubert @libreoffice @sesivany
Not only that, it opens a document from #Text602. If you donβt know what it is, you are not a #Czech (or #Slovak), or you are under 25.
Honza
mahdi@mcepl @bert_hubert @libreoffice @sesivany did you mean more under 45 :) ... yeah T602 and dot matrix printing, where one makes first font bold when tape was running out and then larger size+bold and only then months later buying new tape, did anyone use the same strategy π
@mahdi @bert_hubert @libreoffice @sesivany
I have actually seen it in a law office around 2000: being non-proportional, it was used for printing envelopes.