Open Office attachments not allowed!

simplyjat

I tried uploading open office document files and got an error saying attachment not allowed. Kindly add open office document extensions (ods, odt) in the list of allowed extensions.

beatthegmat · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks simplyjat for the suggestion--to clarify:

'ods' is equivalent to Word doc, and
'odt' is equivalent to PowerPoint?

Just want to make sure I understand these file types first--appreciate your input!

netigen · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

I think best is to only support images. As not many people on the forum will be able to open open office documents.

beatthegmat · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject:

beatthegmat · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject:

simplyjat: Can you save documents in Microsoft Office formats instead? That might be more universally accessible for this community...

aim-wsc · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject:

simplyjat · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

Microsoft is incorporating the OpenDocument format and it is being standardized by ISO. And if ISO standardization is not universally acceptable it don't know what is universally acceptable...

ODT = open document text ~ word document
ODS = open document spreadsheet ~ excel document.

Neo2000 · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:27 am Post subject:

OpenOffice is not as widely used as Word. Not to mention most users seem to attach the image to a doc and upload the doc. I'd like to see them add the image directly to the post. Its a pain having to download the doc file and then open it to see the Q.

Doesn't ODS give you the option to export to PDF? BTG allows pdf files and pdf was invented to allow portability ( and prevent changes but that doesn't work Laughing

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aim-wsc · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:42 am Post subject:

I have added .rtf types of files. Now files can be uploaded in rtf format.

It's as good as classic MS word doc & the best part of rtf is you can use it even when you dont have MS Office software.
These files also open in Linux operating systems.