https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61667

--- Comment #18 from [email protected] ---
Thanks, Jorend. Good advice.

I use docx because most people I work with use Word, only a few of us 
are using LO. It's nice to hear that 4.2 is addressing some of the 
idiosyncrasies.

Have a great day.



On 11/24/2013 2:29 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> *Comment # 17 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61667#c17> 
> on bug 61667 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61667> from 
> Jorendc <mailto:[email protected]> *
> (In reply tocomment #16  <show_bug.cgi?id=61667#c16>)
> > A couple clarifiers: I don't use Word, only LO.
> Just a simple question then, why you don't save it as ODF format (.odt, .ods,
> ...)? This is so far, and probably the only format we support 100% (and even
> beyond (read: extended)).
>
> > I created the original files
> > in LO. There wasn't a problem with the table breaking over two pages, only
> > with LO inserting a 1.97" margin or tab at the beginning of the top-left
> > cell (title row), which I did not insert. LO inserted it on it's own.
>
> Might be some error when exporting to/importing from docx. Not sure about 
> that,
> and if it's still reproducible with current version. If you already saved it
> with multiple versions of LibreOffice, it's hard to determine which version
> introduced this.
>
> > Concerning the incorrectly placed image; that's a separate problem--LO
> > moving images to different places other than where on the page they were
> > when the file was saved and closed.
> Indeed, differnt problem, so if you would like to address it, you'd have to
> create a new bug report.
> >
> > You said the table wasn't imported correctly. How do you import it
> > correctly?--Especially when the table was created in LO.
>
> Not sure you can manually change something about that without digging into the
> code and determine which caused this behavior. I only see that all text in the
> first column is in 1 line when importing using Word. When importing using
> LibreOffice some long sentences are placed on 2 lines, which result in more
> vertical space needed. So that's why 3 rows (if I recall correctly) are on 
> page
> 2, not on 1 page.
>
> I also know there are some various improvements made related to docx
> compatibility in LibreOffice 4.2.0. Still not 100%, which we probably can't
> guarantee actually. So I still recommend to use an ODF format when you don't
> have to edit it on MS Office (or share with someone that uses MS Office). If
> you don't have to edit it again (or your correspondent), you can use PDF too.
>
> Kind regards,
> Joren
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