Jonathon, > > > I am afraid I will have to disagree. I can provide links to MSO > documents made very professionally using styles throughout that still don't > convert nicely in OOo. Indentations for example are not correct, outline > numbering disappears (and with it the ToC) and so on. > > * Presentation markup styles; > * Content markup styles;
If you have access to MSO (I do because it is the word processor of choice in the company where I work) try to compare the rendering of this document http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/22_series/22.011/22011-820.zip On MSO and OOo. You will notice that - frames in the first and second page are misplaced, - there are alignment issues in the ToC (which spans on two pages). - section 5.1 starts on a new page in OOo, but it is at the end of the page in MSO - there is an extra blank page at the end of the MSO version. Now, if you open the styles and fomatting window you will notice that styles are used for absolutely everything including Content styles for the ToC. You can argue that the problem is with MSO (for example there is no concept of frame styles and a trick has been used to create an annex with the same appearance as a heading 1), however the issue remains that even conversion between "properly" drafted documents is not free from problems. Of course don't even try to perform a double conversion MSO --> OOo --> MSO because this is a recipe for disaster :-) Cheers, Michele
