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Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Released, Supports ODF Out of the Box

Posted by timothy on from the file-formats-rule-the-world dept.

shutdown -p now writes "On April 28, Microsoft released service pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2007. Among other changes, it includes the earlier-promised support for ODF text documents and spreadsheets, featured prominently on the 'Save As' menu alongside Office Open XML and the legacy Office 97-2007 formats. It is also possible to configure Office applications to use ODF as the default format for new documents. In addition, the service pack also includes 'Save as PDF' out of the box, and better Firefox support by SharePoint."

2 of 274 comments (clear)

  1. Still not free software. by Statecraftsman · · Score: 1, Troll

    Non-free software will make great progress in satisfying the technical needs of its users including adding features introduced by free software. For example, Office 2007 SP2 now supports, in some form, ODF. The fact that it isn't free software still remains a liability when it comes to user freedom and to software progress in general.

    Does your support of free software end when non-free software has the features you've come to enjoy?

  2. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did you discover this while madly clicking all the buttons in angry frustration? That's how I figured out this oh-so-obvious feature.

    Microsoft Office 2007: the intuitive interface for angry users.