Is there a utility which runs on XP to convert documents in ODT format to Word 2003.
Libre Office can open them but it's too clunky.
Is there a utility which runs on XP to convert documents in ODT format to Word 2003.
Libre Office can open them but it's too clunky.
On 5/15/2022 12:14 PM, Pamela wrote:
Is there a utility which runs on XP to convert documents in ODT format to
Word 2003.
Libre Office can open them but it's too clunky.
You would not expect a lot of utilities (ones kept current) to run on Windows XP.
https://www.howtogeek.com/765461/what-is-an-odt-file-and-how-do-you-open-one/
The article here says LO 5.4 is the last one for WinXP.
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/winxp-version/25891
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.4#Windows
"Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2 are both deprecated.
The 5.4 release will be the last with any support of these operating systems."
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ODF
"LibreOffice natively implements ODF versions 1.0/1.1, 1.2, 1.2 with extensions,
1.3, or 1.3 with extensions (the latter two since release 7.0).
This includes the OpenDocument Format Formula (OpenFormula a.k.a. ODFF)
specifications as well, since ODF version 1.2."
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Comparison_of_ODF_software
"ODF release dates: # This article also includes a handy
# but limited. table of tools.
ODF 1.0 May 2005
ODF 1.1 February 2007
ODF 1.2 September 2012
ODF 1.3 January 2020"
The various commercial offerings, well, a lot of work to evaluate
what they've got for standards compliance or interworking.
https://www.softmaker.de/softmaker-office
Paul
"JJ" <jj4public@gmail.com> wrote
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MS Word 2003 saves as DOC.
Is there a utility which runs on XP to convert documents in ODT format to Word 2003.
Libre Office can open them but it's too clunky.
Last update was back in 2010, but then you're asking about Word 2003[]
which was released back in, well, 2003. Since you didn't ask how to
convert from .odt to .doc[x], your wording indicates you have Word 2003 >installed, and why you want to use that to view ODT files.
On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 00:52:54, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote (my responses usually FOLLOW):they're probably _dated_ some years ago (for the ones with 2003 in the name, mostly 2xxxxxx, the odd 9xxxxx), but I hadn't had them until now. The most recent one with 2003 in its name was _installed_ 2022-4-16 (as part of a block of thirtysomething that
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Last update was back in 2010, but then you're asking about Word 2003[]
which was released back in, well, 2003. Since you didn't ask how to
convert from .odt to .doc[x], your wording indicates you have Word 2003
installed, and why you want to use that to view ODT files.
(I'm on W7 [32 bit], but as this is about Word 2003, I thought I'd mention it [this thread was in the XP 'group only].)
The last update may be _dated_ 2010, but I still _got some_ last month.
For my system - W7, Office 2003 - I'd more or less got used to having no updates but the Malicious Software Removal Tool about once a month, from about 2020-12 to 2022-3. (Yes, I know it doesn't do much, but I can't see it does any harm.)
Must have been early last month, I tried the Microsoft Security Essentials (I hadn't had it on before; I had AVG). [I turned MSE off after a short while, as it seemed to impact performance quite a bit.)
Whether it was due to that or for some other reason - and I can't think of anything else - I suddenly started getting updates for Office 2003 (and a few other things, like Viewer 2007, and Visual C++ 2010 and 2008 SP1); guessing from their KB numbers
All seem to have installed successfully, and they don't seem to have broken the only bits of Office I actually use (Word and Excel).
FWIW I have it set to tell me when updates are available but let me choose to install them - though for the last few years I've usually done so when it has told me (I just like to see what they are). I haven't changed that setting for years.
Any idea why they suddenly started appearing after so long with just the monthly MSRT? (Or, perhaps a better question, why they _didn't_ appear much earlier?)
Just curious!
On 5/16/2022 6:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
FWIW I have it set to tell me when updates are available but let me >>choose to install them - though for the last few years I've usually
done so when it has told me (I just like to see what they are). I
haven't changed that setting for years.
Any idea why they suddenly started appearing after so long with just
the monthly MSRT? (Or, perhaps a better question, why they _didn't_
appear much earlier?)
Just curious!
It's possible when you use MSE, that Windows Update is flipped to
Microsoft Update
and you receive updates for Office as a result.
Paul
On 5/16/2022 6:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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Any idea why they suddenly started appearing after so long with just the monthly MSRT? (Or, perhaps a better question, why they _didn't_ appear much earlier?)
Just curious!
It's possible when you use MSE, that Windows Update is flipped to Microsoft Update
and you receive updates for Office as a result.
On Mon, 16 May 2022 08:07:50 -0400, Paul wrote:
On 5/16/2022 6:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[quoted text muted]
Any idea why they suddenly started appearing after so long with
just the monthly MSRT? (Or, perhaps a better question, why they
_didn't_ appear much earlier?)
Just curious!
It's possible when you use MSE, that Windows Update is flipped to >>Microsoft Update
and you receive updates for Office as a result.
That was my thought also.
But John said he was also getting old _Windows_ updates. Maybe MSE
also flips the switch to install all updates, including the
"optional" ones not previously installed, or even the ones the user
has explicitly hidden? Or maybe it just did a one-time install of
"missing" updates.
John reported that MSE seemed to bog down his system. Maybe it wasn't
MSE per se, but all those updates?
I tried googling for
"microsoft Security Essentials" installs old Windows updates
(quotes as shown). This up more good hits about MSE than about
updates. I'll deal with updates first.
The 25th hit was
<https://askleo.com/why-am-i-still-getting-updates-for-windows-7/>
and seems to answer John's primary question. Here's the TL;DR line at
the top:
"Updates are updates except when they?re not, and the difference
matters."
The article is clearly written and not too long; it's worth a read.
There's also good info for Windows 7 users in the comments.
--------- Microsoft Security Essentials and alternatives -----------
The 12th hit was ><https://pctonic.net/2-reasons-why-you-might-want-to-ditch-ms- >security-essentials-and-why-shouldnt/>
which begins
"#1 Revoltingly long first update
"Microsoft Security Essentials takes a ridiculous amount of time to
update for the first time (just after you install it). On a slow
connection, it can be as long as an hour or more! Since future
updates are all automatic and silent, this is likely the only time
you?re gonna notice the update, and naturally you feel pissed off.
People assume it?s always gonna take that long to update (which would
be outrageous), and uninstall it without thinking twice. This is not
true. The subsequent updates are small and fast as any other
antimalware program. So why the gigantic first update? Lets see."
But apart from the performance issue. which looks like a first-time-
only problem, you wouldn't want to use MSE because it's not getting
platform updates, only definition updates, and even for those who
knows for how long? ><https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-security- >essentials-to-get-updates-after-windows-7-eos/>
Does Windows 7 come with Windows Defender? IIRC, reviews say it's
fairly lightweight and does a decent job of catching malware. And it
doesn't come with the baggage of AVG and Avast. If it's available,
I'd use that and supplement it with daily scans by Malwarebytes Free.
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