Aryeh Weiss [mailto:[email protected]] inquired:
> I find that MSWord docs which contains tables or figures > usually do not > display properly. Location of the images is wrong, and often text > positioning is not correct. > I do not know if list rules allow posting of attachments, but > if anyone > it interested, I can email offlist the MSWord file and two PDFs that > show which show the MSWord display and the OO display. > > Thia issue is the major limiting factor in my needing to > keeping using > MSWord (in virtual box under OSX). Are there particular options which > solve this problem? I would be interested in this, too. I'm trying to use OOo inside a Microsoft-centric company. If anything is going to screw up my attempts to turn around documents that other people edit in MS Word, it's usually tables and graphics. Is there guidance, somewhere, on "best practices" for creation of documents in Word, such that they'll stand the best chance of round-tripping between Word and OpenOffice? Or a cheat-sheet on things to look for in Word documents - and correct - before bringing them into OOo? I've found the odd old discussion via Google, but nothing definitive or comprehensive. Most people with whom I deal are using MS Office 2003 or 2007. Similarly, it might be interesting to know some things-to-do and things-to-avoid when creating documents in OOo that you know are going to be edited by people using Word. Usually, nobody ADDS tables or graphics to my docs, but they might edit the contents of tables, or do things that would push a graphic around. Or, they might copy a table in my document (the Word version that they're editing) and paste it as the basis of a new table, or perhaps add a column or rows to an existing table. - Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
