On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Andy <<a href="mailto:stude.list@googlemail.com">stude.list@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us. Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files if you want to fill out stuff online[2], and there is the lack of anything non Microsoft in education :( </blockquote></div> I am doing my bit as I have put up our schools staff application forms in Word and OOo format :-) Even have a graphic linking to the OpenOffice website on our site, and a whole page on our intranet for students to learn about Open Source and 'proper' free (as in beer) applications. Colin