Defaulting to the Dreaded MS Office Format in   Linux Journal's
Shawn Powers shows you how to change the default file type in
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options   MS formats are not a standard, they are an imposition
Anonymous's picture  > Obviously the "dreaded" setting is the
default because MS > formats are the de facto standard in the
world.  It's not a standard if it's a hidden thing (on purpose)
:-( (you can't make one product compliant 100% with it, in any
moment the interested part can say "the format has changed", and
so on).  MS formats are not a standard, they are an imposition.
and then there is...  revdjenk's picture  ...the fact that the
office format file size is from four to five times larger than
the same file saved in its ODF version. Although this may not be
an issue today with the relatively huge storage space available,
I guess I would rather have that much more space for my vid
editing, music files, etc...  It was a bit tongue in cheek...
Shawn Powers