** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org - OpenOffice output to .doc format doesn't work properly with more recent - versions of Word. When I output a document from OpenOffice Writer in - Microsoft97/2000/XP format (the most recent version on the list), the - result looks fine in older versions of Word, but newer versions (for - example Word2010, and probably others) make the characters of the font - look substantially bigger, distorting the formatting job I did. For - example, my 16-page document takes up 22 pages in the newer version and - consequently things that are supposed to be at the tops of pages are - "somewhere" on the pages. I'm guessing that the output routine has not - kept up-to-date with the releases of Word. I don't expect anyone to - skip their Christmas vacation to fix this problem, but I wanted to - report it so that maybe the next version of OpenOffice in Ubuntu might - offer an additional/newer version of Word output. I would like to - attach the following documentation: My original OpenOffice document, - the .doc version that I output (selected MicrosoftXP/2000/XP format), - which matches the Writer document perfectly, and a PDF that shows what - it looks like in Windows2010 (I used PDF to preserve the way it looks in - Windows2010). HOWEVER, I DO NOT SEE AN OPTION TO DO MORE THAN ONE - ATTACHMENT IN THIS FORM. I HAVE ALREADY ATTACHED THE FIRST TWO DOCUMENTS - TO THE ORIGINAL CASE I SUBMITTED TO THE UBUNTU HELP DESK. I AM GOING TO - ATTACH THE PDF HERE. The PDF/Windows2010 example does not match the .doc - as seen on my machine, or on the machines of people with older versions - of Word. For the PDF, note that there are 22 pages instead of 16, - destroying the careful formatting that I did, so that, for example, the - last line of the first page is now at the top of page 2, and there are - large spaces at the tops of several other pages before there is any - text, and the Acknowledgments section does not start at the top of the - last page, but part way down the next to the last page. I am hoping - that in a future version of Writer, there will be another Word format - option that will accommodate the newer Word versions as well as the - 97/2000/XP does for those older versions. This may not seem like a big - problem, but I am responsible for sending out a menu and a bunch of - recipes to a potluck group of 33 couples. They not only need the - information, but insist on a nicely formatted, "pretty" copy of the - document and the ability to edit/extract a single part of it (hence PDF - isn't a totally satisfactory solution). I know this problem occurs with - Windows 2010 because my husband has it on his machine. I know that at - least 5 couples who received my document had the same problem, with the - same 22 pages, but I do not know exactly what version(s) of Word they - have. I know that for at least 10 other couples, the document has 16 - pages and is properly formatted. The one person I asked about what - version she has installed Word in 2006 or 2007 (it has 16 pages and - looks correct). + OpenOffice output to .doc format doesn't work properly with Word if + similar fonts are not found. Font substitution causes characters to look + substantially bigger, distorting document formatting. For example, 16 + page in OOo Writer takes up 22 pages in MS Word + + Attached: + -My original OpenOffice document + -Document saves as .doc (MicrosoftXP/2000/XP) + -PDF shows what it looks like in Word2010 + + This font substitution problem is an issue for everyone, even people on + Windows who use a font that a colleague (also using Windows) does not + have, for example. This is a difficult problem to solve. Unfortunately + there is no way around it other than reformatting or getting that font + installed on the remote users computer. As far as I know, there is no + way to ship the font within the file preventing font substitution from + happening on a remote user's computer. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_substitution
** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org OpenOffice output to .doc format doesn't work properly with Word if similar fonts are not found. Font substitution causes characters to look substantially bigger, distorting document formatting. For example, 16 page in OOo Writer takes up 22 pages in MS Word - Attached: + Attached: -My original OpenOffice document -Document saves as .doc (MicrosoftXP/2000/XP) -PDF shows what it looks like in Word2010 This font substitution problem is an issue for everyone, even people on Windows who use a font that a colleague (also using Windows) does not have, for example. This is a difficult problem to solve. Unfortunately there is no way around it other than reformatting or getting that font installed on the remote users computer. As far as I know, there is no way to ship the font within the file preventing font substitution from happening on a remote user's computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_substitution + + Feature request is to remind user of this fact if document uses non ttf- + mscorefonts and is being saved as doc format. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692336 Title: Writer output to newer versions of Word changes the format; older versions of Word are ok with it -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
