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Sun Microsystems laskis välja 3.0 versiooni ODF plugin e. pistikprogramist Microsoft Office kontoritarkvarapaketi  jaoks. Peamiseks uuenduseks on ODF v. 1.2 tugi.

Plugin e. pistikprogramm SUN-lt teostab Microsoft Office-le OpenDocument toe ja võimaldab Excel-is, Word-is, PowerPoint-is avada ja salvestada ODF formaadis faile. Microsoft ise ei ole esialgu suuteline Office kontoritarkvarapaketile ODF tuge lisama.

Sun ODF Plugin töötab järgmiste MS Office versioonidega: Microsoft Office 2007 SP1, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2000.

SUN pakub ODF Plugin programmiga ka Enterprise klassi tootetuge firmadele ja asutustele, kes soovivad kasutada rahvusvahelisele ISO standardile ISO/IEC 26300 vastavat ODF failivormingut Microsoft Office -ga.

“Organizations can now consider switching to ISO/IEC 26300 OpenDocument Format while protecting employees needing assistive devices only supported by legacy Microsoft software. ODF is important because it ensures documents will still be readable long into the future while allowing a wide choice of proprietary and open source software choices to work with the documents.” —Rich Green, Executive Vice President, Software, Sun Microsystems.

Microsoft on samuti välja lasknud ODF-DOC konverteri, nn “OpenXML/ODF Translator” . Selle eesmärgiks tundub aga eeskätt olevat tekitada kasutajatele probleeme ja on sisuliselt igapäevaseks kasutamiseks kõlbmatu.

Q:
What’s the difference between the Sun Plugin and the “OpenXML/ODF Translator” on SourceForge.net?
A:
There are many differences. Some of the major differences are as follows:

Only the Sun ODF Plugin has neat integration into Microsoft Office Word. It’s just another filter, and when you open an ODF file, you really work with the ODF file. This means that you can save your modifications by pressing Ctrl+S. You can even configure Microsoft Office Word to make ODF your default file format.

Conversion is done with StarOffice code, using its proven and high quality filters. The other Plugin is developed from scratch, using XSLT, and there are things that can’t be transformed with XSLT, because you need information about the computed layout.

The Sun ODF Plugin does not have other pre-requirements. Just download and install, no need to install additional things like the “Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack”, “.NET Framework” and hot fixes.