Use a more widely known document format (.docx, .odt…) instead of .protondoc
I recently tried to edit a document offline with OnlyOffice from my Proton Drive folder (synced with my account), and to my surprise I found that the document wasn’t supported because its format was .protondoc !
Moreover, when I save a Word document as .docx on my computer and then edit it online, a second document is created in the .protondoc format, and again it can’t be edited with OnlyOffice because the format isn’t recognized !
Why doesn’t Proton use a more common format? Is this a constraint of end‑to‑end encryption?
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Daniel
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This is a very important feature request. If Protons office suite is to be relevant and taken serious in discussions regarding digital sovereighnty, they must embrace open formats, and not creating a new lock-in within their own ecosystem.
Related issue covering import and export is an important addition, since it adds the support for these formats: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/932839-proton-drive/suggestions/48607370-proton-docs-import-export-odt
However, import / export is not the same as native edit support for ODF file firmats (including, ODT, ODS etc).
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Henri van der Merwe
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Google and Microsoft should have taught us that proprietary formats are a problem.
I will not move to an environment that does not natively let me edit files that are in a format compatible with multiple platforms - ie Open Document Format.... -
Erik
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.odt should be the default document format. I am not sure what the idea behind the .protondoc format was. Exporting to docx is a useful feature. The perfect solution would be the one that Microsoft Onedrive has (the user can chose default file format (DOCX or ODT) when creating new docucuments).