Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?...
by phil on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @07:01PM
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One option Joel doesn't mention is to use OpenOffice. It has its own object model (called UNO), which has bindings in many languages.
It's not a perfect implementation of the formats, but it's good enough for most things. And has the rather large advantage that you can run it under your favorite *nix.
It's not a perfect implementation of the formats, but it's good enough for most things. And has the rather large advantage that you can run it under your favorite *nix.