> <snip> > > > But the primary reason you might want to run the report through your > > wordprocessor might be to convert it from, say, .doc or .rtf to, > > say, .pdf or .ps. To my mind, anything that's MicroSoft or Apple > > specific is immediately suspect and automatically goes to the bottom > > of the pile for later conversion. (Notwithstanding that some 95% or > > more of personal computers run some version of Windows or MacOS, > > there are some who choose to run neither and may not be able to do > > anything with those proprietary formats. As a result, you've wasted > > your time and machine cycles preparing a report they'll likely never > > read and have probably annoyed them more than just a little bit.) > > > > Swell Ol' Bob Melson > > Agreed except OpenOffice runs on most machines and not only deals > with the formats mentioned, but many others. And in fact when I had > office 2007 on one machine and XP on another exporting from 2007 in > 97/xp/2003 format came up unreadable on an xp machine. Openining and > re-saving in OpenOffice saved the day, office XP could now read the > file. > > I have 'strong opinions about the quality of Micro$oft software, few > favorable. > > Mick <mickg01@verizon.net> No argument. I had wanted to avoid any serious M$ bashing, which is one reason I said folks might not be able to handle the M$ proprietary formats. OO is a competent suite of programs and one I've used for what now seems like forever. As for the quality of M$ software, suffice to say that one can't rely on alpha-quality products. Steamin' Ol' Bob (but it's a _dry_ heat!) -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. Thomas Jefferson Bob Melson <amia9018@mypacks.net>