On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Andreas Säger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 15.07.2015 um 08:54 schrieb Malgosia Askanas: > > I am using Libre Office Writer 4.4.2.2 under Ubuntu 15.04 to read some > > (externally created) Europass CVs (with extension .doc), but LibreOffice > > makes an unreadable mess of them, overlaying lines over one another, > > etc. Can anybody suggest a remedy? The obsolete Word on my MacOS 10.4 > > system displays them perfectly... > > > > With many thanks in advance, > > Malgosia Askanas > > > > Download the ODF versions from > > https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-instructions > ODF (Open Document Format) is the collective name for the standardized > file formats that are supported by LIbreOffice, OpenOffice and many > other products including recent versions of MS Office. > The file name suffices are odt for open document text, ods for > spreadsheets, odp for presentations and odg for vector graphics. > ott, ots, otp and otg are the file name suffices for the respective > templates. > To clarify here - Microsoft Office does not support the latest ODF standards and they *partially* support older standard of ODF. You will frequently get Microsoft Office complaining about "corrupted files" when trying to open ODF despite the files being fully compliant with ODF standards - thus it is a *false* message from MSO about the file being corrupted instead of them admitting that they lack proper support. Just wanted to make sure that was clear :) Best, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer [email protected] -- To unsubscribe 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
