James Knott wrote:
Pak-Kei Wong wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am using OpenOffice 2.4 (but this problem also happened in previous
versions), and my problem is that I can format a document very
nicely using tables or whatever. However, when I save it as a .doc
or as a .rtf, it'll open fine on my computer, but when I send that
file to someone, and they open it using Microsoft Office, they get a
document with lots of pages, and each section of the table on a
separate page. Therefore, a document of 3 pages with tables and
headings becomes one of 21 pages with one sentence each at the
beginning of the page.
This makes things very difficult, since if I format a CV, and then I
send it as a job application to a prospective employer, they open up
a jibberish document and end up trashing my CV because it is not
formatted properly.
Assuming you're running Windows, you might want to install the free
Microsoft Word Viewer, so you can see how your documents will look in
Word.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102258581033.aspx
This is highly unusual behavior -- I've been sending OOo-created .doc
files with tables to people for a long time and never had anything like
that (currently on version 2.3.1). So there would seem to be something
strange about your setup that makes this happen. It might help if we
could see an example document that has the problem, sanitized of any
sensitive data. Depending on the root cause of the problem, you could
try attaching it in .odt format to see if others see the same issue. The
list generally doesn't accept .doc files, but maybe you could upload it
someplace in that format for the folks here to take a look. You also
didn't mention what operating system you're using, which might be
significant, as well as where you are getting your OOo version. We
certainly don't want you missing job opportunities!
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