On 2016-03-01 11:14, jdd wrote:
Le 01/03/2016 09:46, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
I had to use last year very old staroffice files, and (from memory) Apache OpenOffice had more import filters than LibreOfice at this moment. Now I tend to save most documents as pdf together with the native format, because at least I hope to be able to see and print them. (better if they are paper printed :-)).
I think there is an archival project somewhere that also stores the software with the data. When file format changes, they store a converter.
Felix do like Quattro (scan the list archives :-)), but he may be the only one.
I know :-) Time ago I used a spreadsheet that came as sample code with Turbo Pascal, later Borland Pascal, and also with Borland C.
The only real solution for such problem is to *anticipate* them - I my memory, Quattro compressed formats are the most difficult to read (this compression is proprietary, nothing to see with zip or tar).
Then perhaps Felix has to make sure they are not compressed.
But in *calculation* programs, very often used with formulas and macros, reuse is condemned to fail.
They have to be left as text, then manually convert. That's why I recommend using .ODS, being a standard it has more chances of long term survival. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)