On 11/09/2011, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > > 3. Although PowerPoint 2010 will recognize the correct dashed line when > opening the ODP directly (not as a PPT), dashed lines produced in ODP format > from PowerPoint 2010 are not read correctly (as ODP format) by either > PowerPoint 2010 or LibreOffice Impress. >
Personally, whether m$ is capable of opening the odp file is secondary to a more interesting question: does this observation occur when the odp is created _by LO_ to odf12 or the other options odf10/11 and odf11? If my memory is correct you stated that m$o claims conformance to odf10; in this case we would want to see LO create the odp file in version odf10 and then m$o opens this file successfully and without distortion (analogous to opening a w3 compliant html file in opera and firefox). If the m$ user receives the aforementioned file with distortion, two expected causes would be either LO failing to create correctly the odp file to the specification, or m$ fails to conform to the odf specification. The former could be discounted if the recipient opens the file in his/her LO and receives no distortion (assuming both LO installations are odf compliant!). If LO creates the odp file in an odf specification that m$ does not understand, the m$ user should expect to receive a distorted file. > Z. Document Z from Dennis (ODP made from Document Y using PowerPoint 2010) > > LibreOffice Impress opens this document and retains a dashed line, but the > dashes are much smaller and there are many of them. At 100% these view as > intermittent long and short dashes. > Do you have to change the odf specification setting of LO? > PowerPoint 2010 opens this document (which it produced) and the dashed line > has turned into a solid line. > To clarify, this occurs when m$ shows the odp file on screen as expected (i.e. dashed line) but after closing m$ and reopening, a solid line is visible? > PS: I must point out that the primary marketing thrust of OpenOffice.org was > and is that it offers (unqualified) support for key Microsoft Office > formats, it is free, and it runs on more than Windows. I don't know how > LibreOffice is positioned, but it would be interesting to see what would > happen if "support for Microsoft Office formats" were to be removed from all > promotional statements concerning LibreOffice. > It is interesting that so many are fearful of the "nightmare scenario" of LO not supporting m$, but that is _not_ the objective of the original opinion. As consistently stated, the issue is that the time spent reporting behaviour of LO with m$ formats must be spent more profitably long term on the odf instead. On the basis of those comments posted, the unfortunate conclusion is that for m$ users, odf is of lesser importance than m$ which makes LO a mere m$ clone. -- 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
