[opensuse] oowriter issue?
All, I have a "word" doc that I can open and edit via a windows install of oowriter 3.0.0. I last saved the doc from that environment. But from OS 11.2 with OpenOffice_org-writer-3.1.1.4-1.1.4.x86_64 installed, it opens as garbage. Are there some known major issues with 3.1.1.4? Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:24 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I have a "word" doc that I can open and edit via a windows install of oowriter 3.0.0. I last saved the doc from that environment.
But from OS 11.2 with OpenOffice_org-writer-3.1.1.4-1.1.4.x86_64 installed, it opens as garbage.
Are there some known major issues with 3.1.1.4?
A bug has been reported, with a partial solution: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564274 Is it really necessary to use the MS Office format? I do fine using the OD. The current MS Office has native support and Sun provides plug-ins for older versions. That's assuming they don't have OOo installed already. Unless someone specifically requests MSO, I always go with the open format. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Jon Cosby <jon@jcosby.com> wrote:
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 11:24 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I have a "word" doc that I can open and edit via a windows install of oowriter 3.0.0. I last saved the doc from that environment.
But from OS 11.2 with OpenOffice_org-writer-3.1.1.4-1.1.4.x86_64 installed, it opens as garbage.
Are there some known major issues with 3.1.1.4?
A bug has been reported, with a partial solution:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564274
Is it really necessary to use the MS Office format? I do fine using the OD. The current MS Office has native support and Sun provides plug-ins for older versions. That's assuming they don't have OOo installed already. Unless someone specifically requests MSO, I always go with the open format.
Thanks, the fix (removing the kde specific oo extension) worked for this doc anyway. Regardless I also have it OD format now, but I get lots of incoming docs in MSO format, so at a minimum I need to be able to open them. And the bug prevented doing so for this doc. Also, as of what version of MSO is OD support native? In particular in the just the last 6 months or so I've started receiving docx and xlsx docs on a routine basis, so if MSO 2007 supports it, I might follow your lead since the world seems to be assuming MSO2007 is generically available. Greg -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 20:04, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Also, as of what version of MSO is OD support native? In particular in the just the last 6 months or so I've started receiving docx and xlsx docs on a routine basis, so if MSO 2007 supports it, I might follow your lead since the world seems to be assuming MSO2007 is generically available.
ODF 1.1 support was "officially" added to MS Office 2007 with Service Pack 2. It's support is incomplete, and at times it is implemented differently than KOffice or OpenOffice.org have implemented the same features.... as a result some docs - especially spreadsheets - loose information, data and layout (spreadsheets are most noticeable since MS Excel will do things like strip out formulas in some circumstances and replace with the last calculated value as a number) Right now, MSO users have better round trip results using the Sun ODF Plugin for MS Office. It appears that ODF support will improve with MS Office, but unlikely we will see that until the release of MS Office 2010... and even there, support will be the bare minimum. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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