Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-18 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Dave, all > On 10/18/2020 3:13 AM Dave Fisher wrote: > I think it means that OpenOffice could be the arbiter of converting OOXML > into ODF. As such I’m more interested of using tools like POI to drive that > conversion into ODF and leave the other direction to the commercial vendors.

RE: Writer and .docx

2020-10-18 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, @all: I am happy to see that there is a current discussion about OOXML filters, because this is an important topic. > -Original Message- > From: Dave Fisher [mailto:w...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 4:14 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subj

RE: Writer and .docx

2020-10-18 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 5:19 AM > To: Apache OO > Subject: Re: Writer and .docx > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 4:13 AM Dave Fisher wrote: > > As for ODF, LO is publishing OD

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 4:13 AM Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi - > > Top posting as well. I think we should consider our goals as a project. If > one of those goals is support for ODF as a theory of everything office that > you can trust and know will remain parsable a century from now then what > does

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - Top posting as well. I think we should consider our goals as a project. If one of those goals is support for ODF as a theory of everything office that you can trust and know will remain parsable a century from now then what does that mean for OOXML? I think it means that OpenOffice could

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Hagar Delest
Top posting. I fully agree with Pedro. The MS Office OOXML support is a core question for the project IMHO. I think that the success of LO is heavily based on OOXML support. It provides users something they believe is a clone of MS Office (or at least good enough to meet their needs and

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Andrew > On 10/17/2020 1:37 PM Andrew Pitonyak wrote: > (1) Sometimes contractually obligated to deliver some products in DOCX > format. I am pretty good at knowing what things will export properly to DOCX > format and which will not (just because I have done it often enough). Only > once

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
On Saturday, October 17, 2020 04:56 EDT, Pedro Lino wrote:  Hi all > On 10/17/2020 9:11 AM Matthias Seidel wrote: > My point is that one should do the work in ODF and only export to > "foreign" formats if needed. +1 This is how Gimp works. You can import any format, work on it using the

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi all > On 10/17/2020 9:11 AM Matthias Seidel wrote: > My point is that one should do the work in ODF and only export to > "foreign" formats if needed. +1 This is how Gimp works. You can import any format, work on it using the program's own format XCF (not Photoshop's PSD to please the

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:05:45 +0200 Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:50 AM Bidouille wrote: > > > > OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot > > > save in that format. > > Well, remember that last version of Microsoft Office (since 2016) can open

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Damjan, Am 17.10.20 um 10:05 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:50 AM Bidouille wrote: > >>> OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot >>> save in that format. >> Well, remember that last version of Microsoft Office (since 2016) can open >> ODT

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-17 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:50 AM Bidouille wrote: > > OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot > > save in that format. > Well, remember that last version of Microsoft Office (since 2016) can open > ODT format. > > Unfortunately not all MS Office editions have ODT

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Peter Kovacs
I m also in support, whatever that is worth :) Am 16.10.20 um 21:56 schrieb Carl Marcum: I might get back into this next month, especially if others want to collaborate, but don't expect something generally usable, let alone Excel-quality XSLX saving, any time soon. Regards Damjan Yes I'm

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Bidouille, Am 16.10.20 um 11:49 schrieb Bidouille: >> OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot >> save in that format. > Well, remember that last version of Microsoft Office (since 2016) can open > ODT format. Exactly, instead of promoting Microsoft formats we

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Carl Marcum
I might get back into this next month, especially if others want to collaborate, but don't expect something generally usable, let alone Excel-quality XSLX saving, any time soon. Regards Damjan Yes I'm definitely interested in collaborating on this. Do you have a branch with your work in it?

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 4:24 PM Carl Marcum wrote: > Hi Damjan, > > On 10/16/20 9:23 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:05 PM Dave Fisher > wrote: > > > >> Hi - > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:04 AM, Mechtilde wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Carl Marcum
Hi Damjan, On 10/16/20 9:23 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:05 PM Dave Fisher wrote: Hi - Sent from my iPhone On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:04 AM, Mechtilde wrote: Hello Joost, I'm very happy to read from you. Am 16.10.20 um 12:50 schrieb Joost Andrae: Hi Simon, it's

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:05 PM Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi - > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:04 AM, Mechtilde wrote: > > > > Hello Joost, > > > > I'm very happy to read from you. > > > >> Am 16.10.20 um 12:50 schrieb Joost Andrae: > >> Hi Simon, > >> > >> it's an honor to me

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:04 AM, Mechtilde wrote: > > Hello Joost, > > I'm very happy to read from you. > >> Am 16.10.20 um 12:50 schrieb Joost Andrae: >> Hi Simon, >> >> it's an honor to me to see a sign of life of you here. Welcome ! >> >> Instead of user picking

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:26 PM Joost Andrae wrote: > regarding the documentliberation stuff: > I know some of those filters for a longer time. AFAIK these where > implementations from one of the Novell guys (Fridrich Strba as far as I > remember; see http://fridrich.blogspot.com/ ) > Yes, DLP

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi, regarding the documentliberation stuff: I know some of those filters for a longer time. AFAIK these where implementations from one of the Novell guys (Fridrich Strba as far as I remember; see http://fridrich.blogspot.com/ ) Best, Joost Am 16.10.2020 um 13:17 schrieb Joost Andrae: Hi

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Simon, some developer just needs to try to implement this kind of approach. Fortunately this developer doesn't really need to dive deeply into AOO implementation details except creating an extension. From my knowlege the Apache POI implementation is quite stable and it's used by a lot of

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Joost! On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:49 AM Joost Andrae wrote: > Hi Simon, > > it's an honor to me to see a sign of life of you here. Welcome ! > I've been a relatively active member here from the beginning! Instead of user picking here to get users leave from AOO to LO a > developer could

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Mechtilde
Hello Joost, I'm very happy to read from you. Am 16.10.20 um 12:50 schrieb Joost Andrae: > Hi Simon, > > it's an honor to me to see a sign of life of you here. Welcome ! > > Instead of user picking here to get users leave from AOO to LO a > developer could create a Java based OOo/LO extension

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Simon, it's an honor to me to see a sign of life of you here. Welcome ! Instead of user picking here to get users leave from AOO to LO a developer could create a Java based OOo/LO extension that uses Apache POI to export OpenDocument type documents to MSXML formats by using the binary MSO

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi! As Peter said, it seems unlikely this branch of OpenOffice.org will be enhanced with the ability to write .DOCX format. However, another branch has added this capability and offers all the other convenient options you mention as well. You can get it from our "sister" community at

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Bidouille
> OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot > save in that format. Well, remember that last version of Microsoft Office (since 2016) can open ODT format. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Writer and .docx

2020-10-16 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 16.10.20 um 09:25 schrieb Наталья Василенко: Hello! I would like to know is there any hope that users can save documents in Writer in .docx format? In the latest version of your OpenOffice users can open documents in .docx format, but they cannot save in that format. I think it is not