> I have been trying out OOo for some months and am persevering with it, > although I have several issues which prevent me from switching over > completely. > > But I have one thing that's bugging me, and I hope someone can help. I'm > using OOo 2.3 and Microsoft Office 2000. I need to switch frequently > between the 2 programs when using both Writer/Word and Calc/Excel. Files > that have been formatted in OOo (eg, highlighting text in Writer, > highlighting cells in Calc or applying special date formats to cells in > Calc) cannot be formatted differently in Word or Excel. > > For example, text highlighting applied in Writer cannot be removed in Word > -- I have to retype it! Similarly, cell highlighting applied in Calc > cannot be removed in Excel. And new rows inserted in an Excel file take > on the format (eg, a custom date format) applied in Calc to adjacent cells > and that format cannot be modified in Excel by using Format > Cell or the > Format Painter. > > Can anyone suggest an reason or, better still, a solution? > > Lindsay Graham > Canberra, Australia > --------------------------------------------- > Please reply only to the list so that all may benefit.
I think the solution is to stick to one or the other. Interoperability is not a strong suit of Microsoft. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
