Hi Dan,
Your easy conclusion that LibreOffice is at fault is wrong. Please see
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44498
and
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=115789
You'll see that this is indeed a reflection of a bug in MS Word that is avoided
in OOo because of a bug in OOo 3.3 ("Files from OpenOffice.org Writer fail the
validation at the OpenOffice validation site allegedly because the
manifest:manifest (root) tag in the META-INF/manifest.xml file lacks a version
attribute.")
Given this is a bug in MS Word, it is best avoided both in LibreOffice and in a
future AOO release by using a format that MS Word handles correctly such as
.DOC or ODF 1.1, unless Microsoft issues a patch.
S.
On 13 Jan 2012, at 12:42, Dan Lewis wrote:
> From what you wrote, there is no bug in OOo. OOo clearly creates
> documents that Word 2007 can read. The problem is with LibreOffice: it
> is the one with the bug. OOo and LibreOffice are not the same.
> LibreOffice is a fork of OOo meaning it has the same basic computer
> code, but it also has some computer code that differs from OOo. The bug
> seems to be located in the computer code that differs from OOo.
> If you want to use LibreOffice when sending documents to people
> having Word 2007, you will need to wait until LibreOffice fixes the bug.
> However, as you pointed out, you can use OOo 3.3.3 now. Why not continue
> using OOo?
>
> --Dan
>
> On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 13:14 +0100, Jacek wrote:
>> Word 2007 has no issue to open OOo created ODF 1.2 extended file. As I was
>> told that it's because of a bug of OOo, I fear that in the future the bug
>> will be fixed and the possibility of opening the OOo file when default
>> format is used will be lost (as it is the case with LibOffice, today).
>>
>> I would like to recommend to some Association members I work with, to use
>> Open Office, but they are not the ones who can change OOo settings or play
>> with output file format. For me, it is a mean to introduce in their
>> environment some "libre" software. But, it will work only and only, if they
>> have no issue when exchanging the files with external world.
>> For the time being they use Word, but as they have to upgrade their
>> computers, I planned to recommend, at first LibOffice. As I found the
>> LibOffice issue with word, I tried OOo.
>> I was happy that there were no issue with word to open OOo 3.3.3 created
>> file till the moment I was told that this is a bug in OOo and that this bug
>> will be fixed...
>>
>> Bregs
>>
>> Jacek
>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Dan Lewis [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Envoyé : vendredi 13 janvier 2012 12:56
>> À : [email protected]
>> Objet : Re: OOo, ODF 1.2 extended format and Word: is the possibility to
>> open OOo generated file by word ed as bug?
>>
>> On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 09:14 +0100, Jacek wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried to open ODF 1.2 extended format file generated by LibOffice
>>> using Word 2007 and this didn't work properly.
>>>
>>> I tried OOo 3.3.3 and I had no issue to open ODF 1.2 extended file
>>> generated by it using word.
>>>
>>> Someone told me that I was successful in opening OOo created file in
>>> word because of a bug in OOo. And he added that this bug would be
>>> fixed in the future.
>>>
>>> Is this statement correct? Am I able to open OOo created file because
>>> of bug? If so, is this "bug", which allows Word 2007 to open OOo
>>> generated file, going to be fix, i.e. is OOo going to generate the
>>> files, which will be difficult to open with Word or other Microsoft Office
>>> modules?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this the right forum to ask this question? If not, please let me
>>> know where it should be asked.
>>
>>> Best regards
>>
>>> Jacek
>>>
>>
>>
>> The problem may be with Word 2007. ODF 1.2 extended was created after
>> Word 2007 so Word 2007 does not know how to handle the changes made when the
>> open document format went from ODF 1.1 to ODF 1.2 extended. There has been
>> some comments on this mailing list earlier about MS Office not handling ODF
>> 1.2 extended.
>> Work around: open the document in OOo. Change the ODF setting.
>> (Tools > Options > Load/Save > General ) Then use save As to save the
>> document as ODF 1.0/1.1.
>>
>> --Dan
>>
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