Spencer On Sun, 2011-09-11 at 17:28 -0700, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hi, Dennis: > > > Thanks very much. Should I do something to file bug reports on > these items? > > > Spencer I would go ahead a file a bug report. The address is https://bugs.freedesktop.org. You will need to set up a user account to file the bug. snip > > On 9/11/2011 5:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > I repeated test similar to those NoOp also performed to see how the > > variations that I made with the dashed-line slide image show up here. > > > > CONCLUSION > > > > The round trip from Document A to B back to C is definitely broken in Libre > > Office in the manner described by Spencer. > > > > The opening of either Document A or Document B in Word 2010 produces a > > terrible result where the 4 columns are longer and flow at their bottoms > > onto a second page. > > > > This is so bad I despair of doing any further isolation. > > > > - Dennis > > > > ANALYSIS DETAILS > > > > A. Document A - The ODT from Spencer. In LO 3.3.2 I see 4 columns, each > > 1.5" wide, with about 0.5" between. The Format | Columns dialog reports > > 1.42" with 0.70" spacing and AutoWidth is selected. > > > > B. Document B - The Word 27-2000 format DOC from Document A via Libre > > Office, by Spencer > > > > C. Document C - The ODT file that reflects what is seen when Document B is > > opened in Libre Office. > > > > When I open Document A in Word 2010, I see the problem that NoOp reported, > > concerning a blank column showing up. There is also an error message about > > "Drawn Objects and Text Boxes 1." I also see that there is a second page > > having 4 more columns (the 4th column is empty). It appears that the > > columns stretch vertically down onto the second page. That is, there are > > only 4 columns but each column is two pages long, and the top of the second > > column is all blank, so its content only appears on the second page. There > > are also columns whose content image flows off the bottom of the page and > > is chopped off. > > > > When I open Document B in Word 2010, What I see is almost the same as when > > opening Document A in Word, but the B view has a duplicate title over one > > of the figures of the Financial Industry Profits graph in column 2. > > > > Document C in LibreOffice is now 2 pages because the column sizes are > > screwed up, leading to 4 columns on the first page and a fifth column on > > the second page. > > > > There's no point in making a Document X because I have no means to obtain a > > correct version in Word to try saving back. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: NoOp [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 15:09 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft > > secret formats? > > > > On 09/11/2011 11:06 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: > >> Another example: > >> > >> > >> 1. Download > >> "http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/resources/flyers/noCreditCd-bookmark20110306.odt";. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> 2. Open in LibreOffice 3.4.3. Save as MS Word 97 *.doc format. > >> > >> > >> 3. Close, then reopen the *.doc version: When I did this now under > >> Windows 7, this changed the widths of the columns had changed and > >> with it the column breaks, etc. I checked Format -> Page -> Columns: > >> *.odt showed from Autowidth with columns = 1.42, space = 0.70; *.doc > >> had columns = 2.13, space = 0.70. The numbers do not make sense to > >> me, but the visual change is clear. I noticed this problem with an > >> earlier version of LibreOffice 3.4 and I think also with Open Office > >> 3.3. > > ... > > > > I tested as per the above, and indeed LO does save the .doc with > > modified column widths. I tested by saveas in LO 3.3.3 and then opened > > the .doc with: > > > > LO 3.3.3 (linux) > > LO 3.4.3 (linux) > > OOo 3.2.1 (go-oo build - Ubuntu linux) > > OOo 3.2.0 (Windows) > > MSO Word97 (yes I have MSO97 on an VirtuaBox Win2K install) > > > > The worst/more serious issue is that in MSO Word97 blank second column > > is inserted/shown. This means that the document renders only 3 populated > > columns rather than 4. Screenshot is here: > > > > http://imageshack.us/f/841/screenshotwin2kprorunni.png/ > > > > So, you've a valid bug to report. Check to see if one hasn't already > > been filed before filing yours. Start a new thread regarding the problem > > when you've done that and I'll be glad to contribute/add to the bug > > report with my tests/screenshots. > > > > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For 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
