Sending a odt file format to windows user

[Allen Meyers]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2009 05:43:33 -0600
> Allen Meyers <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have occasion to e-mail attachments to a die hard MS user (business
>> contact) and he goes bonkers when he cannot open it.
>> (a) what to change the odt to
>> (b) how about the font only one I seem to remember from windows that
>> is available is century (but not sure 10 pitch)
>> Pardon basic nature of this, but this guy is real pain and will not
>> agree to even a coverter.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Answering b) first, the core Windows fonts can be downloaded by opening
> up in a terminal (console):
>
> sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
>
> or by typing in:
>
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras   (this will load
> a whole lot of other non-free stuff as well).
>
> You are supposed not to download this if you haven't ever accepted the
> Windows EULA, but if you have it doesn't conflict with any licences.
>
> Now to question a):
>
> The Open Document Format (which is .odt) is not supported by
> Microsoft....yet.  They made a big song and dance about accepting more
> open standards, but since then they have come up with formats that are
> neither open or standards.  The Open Office Standard is (AFAIK) the
> only format accepted by both the ISO and the EEC, so tell you friend
> there will be a need for him/her to send documents in that format
> soon, especially if he/she lives in Europe.  Applications that are
> available for Linux and Windows are Abiword and OpenOffice, so he/she
> could get one of these. In the meantime, using either of these
> applications, convert your file by saving it in the .doc version for
> XP.  As an alternative, save it in Rich Text Format (.rtf) which Word
> can use.
>
> This is a perfect opportunity to extoll the virtues of free (as in
> unfettered) software, and how explain that Microsoft want Windows users
> to pay out ever more money when compatibility with accepted standards
> can be effected by the use of free software that is also available for
> Windows.
>
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> Graham Todd
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Graham:
I appreciated that so much I forwarded it to this individual. It said
it all from both perspectives

Allen