Re: [libreoffice-users] Very basic questions

On 2/7/2011 4:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> Yes, LibreOffice can open any and all documents created in OpenOffice.  There
> are no problems there afaik.  The problem with ".doc" files (or ".docx") is NOT
> between OpenOffice and LibreOffice.  Such files saved by either LO or OOo and
> then opened in the other look the same. (except that LO can add ".svg" pictures
> which OOo can't handle yet).
>
> Frequently, documents saved by any version of MS Word and then opened with any
> other version of Word or any other program do have  problems with layout.
> Usually it is just pictures but sometimes other objects that have not been
> formatted "inline" (whatever that means) have wandered off-course slightly but
> can be dragged back into place.
>
>
> On different machine's word-processors tend to re-organise layouts a little to
> take into account the printer settings on that machine.  This makes it even more
> important to format pictures and objects inline rather than 'floating' or
> 'skating' around over the top of text (at least that is the way i understand
> 'inline' at the moment).
>
> There appears to be 5 ways around the layout problems.
> 1. Use
> File - "Export to pdf"
> because pdf retains exactly the layout regardless of printer settings or
> anything.  Perhaps send the ".doc" along with the ".pdf" (which i re-save as a
> ".gif" as it can be much lighter-weight).  People can see the layout of the pdf
> and then edit the ".doc".  Annoyingly, pdf is difficult for most people to edit
> but at least the layout is unchanged.
>
> 2. Make sure pictures and objects are formatted inline when you edit/create a
> document.
>
> 3. Drag the pictures and objects back into the right places.
>
> 4. Give everyone links to download LibreOffice (or OpenOffice but preferably
> LibreO) whenever you send out documents.
>
> 5  Use the ".odt" format instead.  Most MS Office users can read/write/edit
> these now.  Only MS Office 2003 and earlier can't and most users of those older
> products might appreciate upgrading to LibreO anyway.

I wouldn't recommend this. MS-ODF differs in a number of ways from everybody else's ODF, and 
spreadsheets in particular get really mangled. The problems are not as apparent with text documents, 
but....

> Some people are managing to use both OpenOffice and LibreOffic on one machine
> but it generally seems to cause problems.  I gather that these problems are
> being worked on.  I would recommend only having 1 or the other at any one time
> as there are unlikely to be any differences between documents produced by either
> except that LibreO has a bit more functionality and a more aggressive update
> schedule.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Luuk<luuk34@gmail.com>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Mon, 7 February, 2011 12:03:45
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Very basic questions
>
> On 07-02-11 12:44, Sigrid Carrera wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:17:50 -0000
> > "Robert"<mlbrnrobert@rob29.plus.com>  wrote:
> >
> > > Hullo,
> > >
> > > Some very basic questions that I don't see in your FAQs !
> > >
> > > I've been using Open Office for some years now and want to change to Libre
> > > Office.
> > >
> > > Will Libre Office open all the files I have made with Open Office ?
> > Yes, it will open the files that you've created with OpenOffice.org.
> But there are some problems, especially with pictures in .doc-files....
> at least there are a lot of problems reported her about that....
>
> > > Can Libre Office and Open Office both be installed and used on one machine ?
> > Yes, I'm using LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org on the same computer. I haven't
> > experienced any problems.
> Some problems seems to 'go away' when openoffice.org is de-installed...
>
> > Regards,
> > Sigrid
> Just to add somethings to this questions.....

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