I used LibreOffice 3.3.1 OOO330m19 (Build:8) tag libreoffice-3.3.1.2
to create the document and reopened in LO and MS Office 2007. Everything worked as expected, i.e. merge not lost. My system is HP DV9910 laptop Vista sp2. John McAtee >________________________________ >From: James <bjloc...@lockie.ca> >To: libreoffice-users Mailing List <users@global.libreoffice.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:07 PM >Subject: [libreoffice-users] merged cells in Writer (saved as Word >97/2000/xp/2003) > >1. Create a new Writer document >2. Create a new table (whatever it defaults to (but at least 2 rows)) >3. Type 'test' in the top left cell >4. Merge the 1st and 2nd cells in the first column >5. SaveAs (change the format to Microsoft Word 97/2000/xp/2003) >6. Close the document and then open it > >The merge is lost. > >Can anyone reproduce that? > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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 > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
