Sending a odt file format to windows user

[NoOp]

On 05/04/2009 07:12 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 22:05 +0800, W. S. S. wrote:
>> >> OOo can export documents as PDF. If being able for the recipient to edit
>> >> the file is not a requirement, maybe this is the most hassle-free solution.
>> >> Otherwise, save your document in word format - as was already proposed.
>> 
>> Send in .txt format. Alternatively, you can open a Google Document
>> account or other online document processing platform which would make
>> cooperation smoother.
> 
>   .rtf is a better bet than .txt for adhering to original formatting et
> al.  I have over the course of time told MS0Office users to send stuff
> in .rtf, or risk re-sending it.
> 
> 

You'd not believe the issues that appear on the OOo users list due to
rtf. My recommendation would be to avoid rtf at all costs. Even MS
Office has problems with some older rtf's. Further, there are high risk
security issues w/rtf & older versions of OOo.

Sample:
<http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?Submit+query=Submit+query&issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=UNCONFIRMED&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&issue_status=RESOLVED&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=rtf&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=fulltext&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=fulltext&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order='Importance'>

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bugs?field.searchtext=rtf&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

You're actually better off importing/exporting in MS Word v rtf; primary
reason is that there are very few (if any) OOo resources working on rtf
filters.