[aclug-L] Re: MS vs OpenOffice docs

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You could test both files by zipping them and see which final result is
smaller (they'll probably be nearly identical, I'd guess)




----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Cavazos Jr." <abcjr@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:49 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: MS vs OpenOffice docs


>
> Not that I like MS or anything, but it must be stated that Open Office's
> native XML format is zipped.  I wonder what the sxw turns out to be
> when you unzip it.
>
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>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 06:18:11PM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff Vian wrote:
> >
> > >I recently had occasion to do both a spreadsheet and a simple text
> > >document on the same subject.
> > >
> > >The document was simple 2 page text and the spreadsheet was about 6
> > >columns by 15 rows.
> > >The spreadsheet table was to be included in the document.
> > >
> > >I did these in OpenOffice and saved them in native format, then since I
> > >needed to be able to access and print both at work (MScentric
> > >environment) I also saved them in MS format.
> > >-
> > >This shows the relative sizes of the same documents saved as native to
> > >Open Office format, then exported to MS format by Open Office.
> > >
> > >-----
> > >
> > >More that 3X the size for the .doc and almost 2X the size for the .xls
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sorry,  I forgot the image would be stripped by liststar.
> >
> > The file sizes are        37.0 K     .doc    (MS Office)
> >                                     10.7 K     .sxw   (Open Office)
> >                                       6.0 K     .sxc    (Open Office)
> >                                       9.0 K     .xls     (MS Office)
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