End the madness and STOP using proprietary document formats!

You may have noticed that there are no docx or xlsx document formats supported in our applications. This is because in order to support any MS Office document format, we require a very expensive license {...in the million$...} from Microsoft for each format.

The reason for this is that they are all proprietary patented formats. So you may ask us this then; "...but what about the other open source, free, and retail office suites that claim to be 100% compatible?...". Well, their document formats are all cracked or reverse engineered versions of the original format and are NOT 100% compatible with the original MS Office document formats. None of them are, except Google Docs, as far as I know.

OpenOffice's own document formats are also not even compatible with other open source document formats of the same type. This is because the open source community never set a fixed technical specification's guide for their own document formats. So their formats odf / odt are also not 100% compatible with software supporting these formats.

 Important Update!  >>   Using HTML5 as a document format for absolute compatibility 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

All Microsoft Excel documents created in SpreadForm One and Accel, are fully compatible with any spreadsheet application that can open and read the Microsoft Excel file format.

Our own presentation document format "SSP" can be opened by any current web browser. Just select the "Open..." option on the main menu and select the "*.*" document format and open your presentation file. This makes our presentation document format the most compatible with all systems and computers.

Using a compatible document format to play nice with everybody

If you need to create and exchange MS Word documents(*.doc) as a rule, then there is another way in staying completely compatible with everybody, no matter what software they use. This format is the most compatible document format currently available next to the rich text document format.

Simply save all your documents in MS Word or SSuite WordGraph in the following manner:

When you save your documents, use this format...    Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF (*.doc)

To simplify this procedure in MS Word, simply go to the "Tools >> Options..." menu item, and under the "Save" tab item, select your default document type as the above mentioned document type. This will ensure that all your documents will stay compatible no matter where you need to use them, either in MS Word or SSuite Office's WordGraph word processor. This procedure may also be used in Word 95 up to Word 2007.

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

All Excel documents created in SpreadForm One and Accel, are fully compatible with any spreadsheet application that can open and read the Excel file format. Excel files created in Excel itself, are locked to prevent other office suites from being compatible with MS Office. To open these locked Excel files, follow the steps below.

Please Note! - This procedure cannot be used in Excel 2007 or Excel 2010. Microsoft does not support older formats in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 that are below the standard Office 97. Click here for further details.

For compatibility with Excel, use the following method:

To make a Single Excel 97(or Higher - 2003) worksheet compatible with SSuite Office's SpreadForm One and Accel, follow these steps:

1. Save your active Excel 97(or Higher - 2003) Worksheet as an Excel 4 Worksheet.
2. Immediately save the same worksheet as an Excel Workbook, using the "Save As" function,  with a different name as the worksheet.
3. You can now open your Excel 4 worksheet in SpreadForm One or Accel as an Excel spreadsheet.

Please Note - For further information, see the helpfile under "File Handling".

Using HTML5 as a document format...

Make your documents future proof and DRM free with HTML5...

All the big players in the office software productivity market are currently doing everything they can to lock people into their proprietary document formats like DOCX and XLSX. Microsoft and Google are actively discouraging people to use open and free document formats like RTF and even plain text.

Have you ever tried loading a Rich Text document, modifying it and then saving it again in Google Docs or MS Office 365 as an RTF document? Surprise!... Surprise!... Google Docs and MS Office 365 will not allow you to save your documents and precious letters and other content to the open and completely interchangeable RTF document format!

To prevent your documents becoming held ransom by these oppressive and Dick-tating companies, I suggest you start using a much freer and open document format. Current web browser technology and continual updating of the HTML5 code has recently allowed software developers to use this format to create free and open applications that could use the HTML5 format to their advantage.

Find out more on the latest updates and advantages of using HTML5 Web Apps here:     Click Here To Read More...

*.HTM or *.HTML is used as a file extension for HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) web page file format...

The HTML file extension is sometimes abbreviated as .htm for compatibility with older operating systems, such as Disk Operating System (DOS), Windows 3.x and OS/2., which support eight character file names with a three character extension. When you save an HTML document, you can use either the .html or the .htm file extension.

HTM and HTML are the most common type of documents used to build web pages and documents. Both HTM and HTML may contain links to images, audio, video and scripts. Just like any other standard desktop created document e.g. MS Word, SSuite WordGraph, Google Docs etc.

Any browser or web editing program can open HTM files. HTML consists of the set of mark-up symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page. The mark-up tells the browser how to display a Web page's words and images for the user.

If the web can be made compatible with html, then why not use it as a document format too!

With our latest text editor and word processor, this has been made even easier to do. Both our HTML5 compatible applications are WYSIWYG capable.

<< Go Online Now! >>
 

There are no more excuses NOT to use and create HTML5 documents:

• Completely open source.
• Easy to use and to create documents with.
• Open, create, and edit existing HTML documents.
• Create and insert links for dynamic online documents.
• Anybody can open a HTML document with their web browser.
• It is just as capable of text formatting and table creation as desktop word processors.
• It is safe to use as a standardised document format for future archival purposes and readability.
• Create stand-alone documents with embedded images from your hard drive without any links! { gif, jpg, png }
• No-one has control over the format, and thus cannot lock other software developers out and create vendor-lockin.
• It is very easy to create a HTML document with free text editing software, just like ordinary desktop word processors.

So there you have it, start using HTML as your standard document format so that everybody can have access to rich and creative content all over the world without the need of expensive paid for software applications.

Interesting links to read about:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
• https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/htmlplus_paper/htmlplus.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.en.html

Forget The Cloud... Go Direct!   Free Online Office Suite

**************************************************************