bill topp <[email protected]> wrote on 2010-12-28 10:08:

> i don't use openoffice.  with the exception of some screwball canadians who
> appear to be using wordperfect every individual to whom i send a business
> document uses microsoft word.  i am a wordsmith, i have little use for
> graphics.  however my document headings are formatted to give a decent title
> page.  i found that when i created a simple title page in openoffice and
> saved it in .doc format and then opened it with my microsoft word even the
> simple text box and drawn black lines came back scrambled.  when i opened a
> word document in openoffice it looked perfect, but then when i simply saved
> it and re-opened it in word it was scrambled again.

I often convert with OOo and now with LO to .doc. But I never had this
problems. Please can you show us an example (jpg)?

> i would love to use libreoffice to replace my office 2007.  however i need
> near to absolute assurance that the document i create is going to be the
> document my clients/associates/customers receive and to the best of my

Please never use .doc, .odt or other formatted files for exchange of
documents. The best standard for this purpose is PDF. Convert your
documents at the end of work with LO to PDF (export to PDF) and send these
files to your clients/ associates/customers.


Have a nice day,

Joachim (Germany)


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