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<blockquote data-quote="xdunlapx" data-source="post: 1570673" data-attributes="member: 261057">Open document formats mean they open in certain free and open source programs. ODT will open in LibreOffice and OpenOffice. It means that it is not a propietary closed-source format. MS Word will not open ODT because it is closed-source and Microsoft chooses to not incorporate it. Just as an MS Works document will not open in MS Office. It's still pretty much synonymous to an .exe not opening on a Mac. Or a square peg not fitting into a round hole. I can't find any better ways of explaining it. That's just how the software world works. The point of having it that way and making it available is that you can save your document in it's native format as well as many other formats. If you and your coworkers or friends only use LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) then you don't have to convert your documents to proprietary formats and risk losing some formatting.If you only need it for MS Office and can't afford to purchase Office then you should just always save your documents in the Office formats. Yes, you are frustrated that your Mac doesn't show the correct colored icon in Finder but it's really not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. It is what it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xdunlapx, post: 1570673, member: 261057"] Open document formats mean they open in certain free and open source programs. ODT will open in LibreOffice and OpenOffice. It means that it is not a propietary closed-source format. MS Word will not open ODT because it is closed-source and Microsoft chooses to not incorporate it. Just as an MS Works document will not open in MS Office. It's still pretty much synonymous to an .exe not opening on a Mac. Or a square peg not fitting into a round hole. I can't find any better ways of explaining it. That's just how the software world works. The point of having it that way and making it available is that you can save your document in it's native format as well as many other formats. If you and your coworkers or friends only use LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) then you don't have to convert your documents to proprietary formats and risk losing some formatting. If you only need it for MS Office and can't afford to purchase Office then you should just always save your documents in the Office formats. Yes, you are frustrated that your Mac doesn't show the correct colored icon in Finder but it's really not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. It is what it is. [/QUOTE]

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