On 02/26/2008 01:31 PM, Gene Kohlenberg wrote: > I get ballots from an ISO technical committee in RTF format. If I > open the file with my old MS Word 2000, I get a properly formatted > document, but when I open it with OpenOffice 2.3.1, I get a garbled > document. Is this a known problem? > > I have posted the RTF file at > http://www.optstd.org/sc5N439webballot.rtf. I have also posted a PDF > file printed from MS Word 2000 showing what the document should look > like, http://www.optstd.org/sc5N439webballot.pdf. I then posted a > PDF file displaying what OpenOffice Writer shows when it opens the > file, http://www.optstd.org/sc5N439webballotOpenOffice.pdf. > > I am using version 2.3.1 on an XP Media Center Edition with Service > Pack 2. > > Gene Kohlenberg
It appears that it's an OOo rtf conversion/filter problem. I tried the rtf in OOo 2.3.0 (Ubuntu/Novell), OOo 2.4rc1 linux, OOo 2.3.1 Windows, Abiword linux, and MS Word 2000. Only the MSW2000 brought it up properly. Abiword did a best effort; meaning that it didn't show the graphic but got the frames correct, but not much else. However, when I saved the rtf from MSW2000 to a .doc file and then opened in OOo the file comes up fine, including all check boxes. Hence my guess that it's a OOo rtf filter problem. I'd suggest that you file a bug report using the same document and the PDF's as attachments to the report. Hopefully the developers can figure out the problem & correct before OOo 3.0 (I think it's probably too late for 2.4). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
