Hey guys,
why not the following:
an option in the LO defaults that automatically
saves a document in LO format when it is saved
in another format.... (for all documents...)
or
save into the document whether it should be saved
in native as well as an alternative format, e.g. DOC.....
(for a specific document.....)
Fridolin
On 14/12/12 09:53, Jean Weber wrote:
On 14/12/2012, at 5:09, "C. Olofson" <[email protected]> wrote:
Well;
If this is considered 'best practices' or even 'good practice' the software
should be set, by default, to do it then. Currently, in contrast, the Getting
Started Guide (v3.5 p49) makes the choice of using *either* format appear
inconsequential:
If you routinely share documents with users of Microsoft Office, you might
want to change the Always save as attribute for documents to one of the
Microsoft Office formats.
At some point it says to keep a working copy in .ODT format, but that (and a
comment about why) needs to be made more prominent and stated more strongly.
I'll make sure the next iteration of the books (Writer Guide and others, not
just Getting Started) does that.
Having said that, I also agree with Craig's next paragraph.
--Jean
For what it's worth, this is a classic case of a "crisis" for a consumer goods
company (i.e. s/w application publisher). The solution to this won't be found in
providing helpful hints for the next time. It'll be found by being very responsive in
providing status and resolution in the same forums where the crisis is being discussed by
consumers.
For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_management#Examples_of_successful_crisis_management
-Craig
On 12/13/2012 10:14 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Jay's advice is pretty much the standard the Users List keep reiterating. Keep
an original in native format and if you have to share with others give them a
Doc NOT a DocX
I've lost count of how many times a wide range of different people have said
that on the Users List.
Regards from
Tom :)
________________________________
From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2012, 18:01
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work
On 12/13/2012 12:18 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read
did not have enough details to know truly what happened.
Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, three pages,
seems to be a format problem and not a content problem (the DOCX is
damaged).
As matter of good practice I always save or create as an ODF document. If I need to
send it as some other format then I use Save As or File>>Export
-- Jay Lozier
[email protected]
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