forgot to say that i have done the dragging part already. so,docx is working properly in MS office but not in LO,that's weird.but i am more worried about the "odt not working" part.why will it be so???????? will post a bug report. odt is not that small compared to doc but docx is almost 1/3 rd of doc!! anyway,thanks for the help On 20 July 2011 20:14, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi :) > Sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I can confirm the behaviour so > it's > worth posting a bug-report about it. There might already be a bug-report > but > because it's a proprietary format it might be difficult to get fixed so > don't > expect swift results! > > > Weirdly i opened the DocX in MS Office 2007 and found that it looked fine, > just > like the Doc format. The Odt format wouldn't open even after i re-saved it > as > version 1.0/1.1. So, your DocX looks fine in MS Office 2007 but just > looks > weird in LibreOffice. > > > The DocX opened fine in LibreOffice 3.3.2 but had the same problem with the > table stretching off the page. I switched to > > View - Webpage and dragged the table back within the normal page view and > saved > the page again but suffered the same problem. > > DocX just wont work with this table in LibreOffice and i don't know why. > DocX > does often have troubles of this sort so it's best to stick with Doc. DocX > 'should' be smaller (as 'should' Odt) because they are compressed files. > You > can even read them with an archive manager such as WinRar or WinZip > although the > results show a folder containing the different parts of the file = it's > very > weird but worth trying as it can be a really cool way of recovering parts > of a > document that seems hopelessly corrupted and unrecoverable. > > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: soumalya ray <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 20 July, 2011 12:41:59 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] formatting problem with table in > libreoffice > writer > > i will definitely send the attachments to you.i have not checked the files > yet with MS office.i am wondering because-created the documents in > libreoffice,saved them and reopened them & this changed the document > totally!!!!!!!!!!!!!libreoffice itself could not open the document it > created properly!!!!! > anyway i will send you the documents.have a look.i will try to use odt as > much as possible and thanks for the direction for playing with the > settings. > > On 20 July 2011 14:00, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi :) > > Attachments get removed before the email gets to the list. Can you > upload > > the > > files somewhere and then give us a link? Alternatively you could use my > > private > > email address (use copy&paste rather than just "Reply to") to send the > > attachments to although i only have a limited idea of what might have > > happened. > > > > > > The Doc format is much better than the DocX for sharing with other > people. > > Even > > DocX files made in MS Office 2007 tend to go a bit wrong when viewed with > > MS > > Office 2010 and similarly the other way around. Of course any MS Office > > before > > their 2007 can't read DocX at all. > > > > > > MS Office 2007 was the first MS Office to be able to read OdT format but > > they > > use the old spec despite the newer spec being easier to find out about > and > > implement. The DocX spec is very secretive and even MS don't implement > it > > properly. So, it's better to use the older Doc format so that almost > > anyone can > > open the document. > > > > > > To increase compatibility with MS Office go up to the "Tools" menu and > then > > right down to "Options" at the bottom. The pop-up contains many useful > > settings > > and is well worth having a look at but for now just click on the + beside > > "Load/Save, then click on "General". Somewhere in the middle is "ODF > > Format > > Version". Change the drop-down beside that from "1.2 Extended > > (recommended)" to > > "1.0/1.1". Files saved in that format should be easily opened in MS > Office > > just > > by double-clicking on them. If you look just under there you can change > > the > > "Text Document" format to "Microsoft Word (98/2000/Xp)". Similarly for > > Spreadsheets and presentations although for those 2 you need to scroll > back > > up > > the list 2 places instead of just 1 otherwise documents get saved as > > templates > > which gets really messy. > > > > Good luck and regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: soumalya ray <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, 20 July, 2011 8:44:05 > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] formatting problem with table in libreoffice > > writer > > > > hi, > > just started using libreoffice in ubuntu lucid,version is 3.3.2. > > i tried to insert a table & wrote something in it.saved it as .docx and > > closed libreoffice.then again opened the document using libreoffice > > itself.the last column of the table is going outside the page > boundary.this > > made the last column invisible for all practical purposes. > > i would like to know the mistake i am doing and how to solve it. > > i am attaching 3 files here-- > > .odt-what i have written > > .doc-what i am expecting > > .docx-what i am getting > > please help me and thanks in advance > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to > > [email protected] > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to > > [email protected] > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Dr soumalya ray <http://drsoumalya.blogspot.com> <[email protected]> MBBS,MD(PGT)C.Medicine,Ex-HousePhysician(Medicine) Skype: som3776 | Twitter: @docbkp <http://twitter.com/docbkp> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
