Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Office -> LibreOffice (compatibility problem)

Marc
 
I added my comments to the bug.
 
Thanks
 
John McAtee



From: Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Cc: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 1:14:00 PM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS Office -> LibreOffice (compatibility problem)

Le 2010-11-03 12:46, John McAtee a écrit :
> Dear List
>
> I apologize for getting into the converstion so late.
>
> The problem is with the way the .docx chart is created.  It is linked to an external data source. 
>  I do not know how Libreoffice handles external links to data but I have no doubt that it is 
> different than MS Office 2007.  When the .docx document is opened, the LibreOffice program can't 
> deal with the external link.
>
> If you notice the .doc version has the chart as a graphic not an interactive chart.  That is why 
> LibreOffice can show the chart.
>
> Even MS Office 2003 can not handle the 2007 external link.  That is why it gets converted from an 
> interact chart to a graphic when it is saved as a .doc.
>
> I hope that is helpful.
>
> John McAtee
Hi John

Could you then add this to the bug that Stefano submitted. Maybe they 
will find a quick fix before the 1st rc version.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31357

Cheers

Marc


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