Hi, If you edit a document in OpenOffice writer (1.1.3) and save only in external formats, you get the message "Saving in external formats may have caused information loss. Do you still want to close?"
This would be a lot more helpful if it told you exactly what has been lost. Microsoft Word does this - if you save in a format where something must get lost, it tells you exactly what it is about your document that will be lost (e.g. font sizes, unusual alignment, etc). I guess it does this by asking the filter what it can and can't save and comparing this with what you've actually done in the document. Obviously it doesn't tell you about things that you haven't used, and if you haven't used anything that will get lost then it doesn't bother you at all. Can you put this on the to-do list? I think it's important because interoperability with Word etc is a major reason why someone would use OpenOffice rather than (say) LyX. Thanks. Silas -- Silas S. Brown, Cambridge Univ. Computer Lab, http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~ssb22 "Just like someone mad that is shooting fiery missiles, arrows and death, so is the man that has tricked his fellowman and has said: 'Was I not having fun?'" - Proverbs 26:19 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
