There are two different issues in 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44498

One issue is a Catch 22 around the ODF 1.2 manifest:version attribute that is 
required for ODF 1.2 packages and that is not recognized by ODF 1.0/1.1 
consumers and ODF 1.2 consumers produced prior to introduction of the 
requirement.  (Some older implementations ignore attributes that are not 
understood in ODF package manifests, others may simply fail.  Microsoft Word 
ODF 1.0/1.1 reports a problem and the option to attempt "repair.") [I've gone 
into this one in a previous message.]

The other problem has to do with a border not being preserved between the OOo 
producer and an MS Word consumer.  (Word produces the border in a form that 
round-trips successfully via ODF, which is what makes this kind of interop 
detective-work so exciting.  There are a number of asymmetrical interop cases 
between MS Office and OpenOffice, whether via ODF format, OOXML format, or 
Office binary-format inerchange.)

 - Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Phipps [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 15:15
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OOo, ODF 1.2 extended format and Word: is the possibility to open 
OOo generated file by word ed as bug?


On 13 Jan 2012, at 23:09, Dave Fisher wrote:

> Has the TDF contacted Microsoft to report this bug?
> 
> On two occasions where the Apache POI community discovered trouble we've been 
> able to contact them. In the first case they patched the problem in less than 
> one month.

I can ask, but I'd suspect not as, unlike at Apache, Microsoft is not involved 
with TDF. Do you have a suitable pathway to reliably contact a suitable staff 
member? I can add a note to bug 44498* or, even better, you could :-)

Thanks,

S.


* https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44498
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