https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122510
orcmid <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] Latest|--- |4.1.2 Confirmation in| | --- Comment #12 from orcmid <[email protected]> --- This is an interoperability problem with interchange of .doc files of different forms among Apache OpenOffice, Microsoft Word on Windows, Word on Macintosh, and other products that accept Microsoft Word documents of various versions. With so many moving parts, it is not possible to isolate this situation to any one producer or determine what, if anything, could be done with Apache OpenOffice to cure it. A problem with these particular interop cases is there is no "uncorrupted" form that is subsequently corrupted. For example, the first attachment opens in Word 2016 on Windows 10 and appears to have no problems. It opens in AOO 4.1.2 just fine. The second (Word 6.0) and third (Word 95) files open and the table does not appear properly. And in *both* cases, the table is also not formatted properly when opened in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 either. Based on that, there is a problem with saving Office Writer documents with tables to MS Word 6.0 and MS Word 95 format from Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 (or maybe earlier). I used Word2016 to make an ODT of the successfully-opened first attachment. It reopens in Word 2016 and opens in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 just fine. I saved that version from AOO 4.1.2 as Word 6 format and the table is incorrect in both Word 2016 and when that Word 6 one is opened in AOO 4.1.2. This confirms that the defect originates in Apache OpenOffice when saving to Word 6 and Word 95 formats, since not even AOO can get the table back. THE WORKAROUND: when exporting to Microsoft Word format from AOO, use the Word 97-2003 .doc format. If you have older Word 6 and Word 95 documents lying around, see if they can be upgraded safely by some means, possibly by opening in Apache OpenOffice but saving as .odt or Word 97-2003 .doc, and by other means if they are not opened/preserved properly using AOO. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue. You are on the CC list for the issue.
