Andy Morris wrote:
After a complaint from a M$ Office based colleague, I discovered that my
Windows OOo save to Excel ".xls" format has changed recently. I have traced
this to updating from OOo 2.0.2 to 2.0.3, in July 2006. The effects are:
- The file size of a sample fault report spreadsheet, saved from XP Windows
OOo to Excel format, increases from 23Kb with OOo 2.0.2 to 77Kb with OOo
2.0.3.
The reason is that a new file property has been added to the property
set, the thumbnail picture of the document. You cannot disable this
property.
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63158
- The file properties in the file saved from OOo 2.0.3, whilst visible to
OOo, are not visible to Excel, or to Windows Explorer preview (mouse/pointer
hover).
This bug has been fixed for OOo 2.2.
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70569
- Opening a 2.0.3 saved file in Excel and re-populating the file properties,
then saving, shrinks the file size back to 23Kb and makes the properties
visible in Explorer preview again. The revised properties are then visible
in OOo.
Yes, only export of the properties was broken. Excel drops the thumbnail
property, therefore the file size will shrink.
- Opening a 2.0.3 saved Excel file in a generic Linux release of OOo 2.0.2,
and re-saving, shrinks the file back to 23Kb and restores the properties
visibility in Excel and Explorer; however, whilst doing so via the
The broken export has been introduced in OOo 2.0.3.
Debian/Ubuntu custom package of OOo 2.0.2 also reinstates the file
properties visibility, it only reduces the file size to 59Kb. If this 2.0.2
saved file is then opened in Excel or a generic Linux OOo 2.0.2, resaving
will shrink the file back to 23Kb in both cases.
All effects relating to OOo 2.0.3, continue with OOo 2.0.4.
What was changed between OOo 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 to cause this regression, and
why?
Why does the custom Debian/Ubuntu package of OOo 2.0.2 produce a different
size ".xls" file from that created by the generic version of the same
release?
Possible that Debian has added some own changes in this area.
Is this differential behaviour between generic and custom Linux packages of
OOo 2.0.2, a feature? If so, does/will the behaviour continue with later
releases of OOo?
All distributors of OpenOffice.org are free to change and customize
their versions.
Regards
Daniel
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