https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53998
Bug #: 53998
Summary: FILESAVE, MS-COMPAT: Two codepaths necessary, one
'pure' and one for MS Office compatability
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 3.6.0.4 release
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Libreoffice
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
I believe there should be two FILESAVE codepaths, a 'pure' one for adhering to
the specs and writing sexy XML, and another for emitting more 'MS Office
compatable' (yet still valid) OpenDocument files.
For example (bug #53997), MS Excel does not understand
<table:covered-table-cell table:number-columns-repeated="3"/>
and instead requires
<table:covered-table-cell/><table:covered-table-cell/><table:covered-table-cell/>
Both are valid code. Both can be read by LO and other free
OpenDocument-supporting apps, yet only the latter works in Excel.
The default should be MS-compatable saved files. By saving files that MS Office
can read without error (whilst still valid, just by using alternative XML) LO
will be able to integrate more easily into existing Microsoft-dominated
environments.
No more cries of "This '.ods' thing you sent me is corrupt, just send me an
Excel file!" due to bugs/inadiquecies in MS's OpenDocument support.
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