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Is OpenDocument backward compatible with Microsoft Office binary documents?

Forum topic: Submitted by carolgeyer on Fri, 2006-09-08 19:51. Last updated on Fri, 2006-09-08 19:51.

No. Backward compatibility with binary documents is technical impossible for an XML file format. However, applications may support legacy binary format as well as OpenDocument, and in this way may provide backward compatibility with binary formats for office application users.

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