https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137883
Michael Stahl (allotropia) <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Also| |https://bugs.documentfounda | |tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14 | |8952 Keywords| |filter:docx Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #8 from Michael Stahl (allotropia) <[email protected]> --- this is very confusing. There are currently 5 editions of ECMA-376, latest is from 2021. * 1st edition allegedly corresponds to Word 2007 * 2nd edition allegedly corresponds to ISO 29500:2008 * it's unclear what changed in later editions; there is: Annex M. Differences Between ECMA-376:2016 and ECMA-376:2006 but that's relative to 1st edition. then there is ISO29500:2008, which apparently is the only version of that, but it specifies a "transitional" and a "strict" flavor. our filter called "Word 2007-365" actually means "ECMA-376 1st edition": it exports files that Word 2007 can read, as well as later versions (apparently?). the filter called "Office Open XML Text (Transitional)" actually means "ISO 29500:2008 transitional": it exports files that Word 2010 and later can read, but not Word 2007. (we don't have a "strict" filter because it doesn't really matter, and we export a bunch of extensions that for compat with newer Word versions unconditionally with both filters; these extensions are definitely not in ISO but i haven't checked if ECMA-376 added anything past 2nd edition.) until i looked this stuff up now, i always thought that the "Word 2007-365" filter selects the "newer"/"more features" variant, but it turns out that it is the other way around! (see bug 148952) perhaps it would be better to name one filter "Word 2007" and the other one "Word 2010-365" -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
