Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office

Hi :)

On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 21:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: 

> Hi :)
> Yes, it does crop up quite often but it is still a legitimate question.  
>
> Ideally convert things to doc format if that is possible.  DocX is designed to 
> be incompatible with non-MS products imo.  However the LibreOffice 3.4.2 often 
> does a better job of read/writing docXs than the 3.3.3 but having both is 
> possible if you follow this guide
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
> Still neither is perfect at it so trying to stick with Doc is better.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rob Harriman <rob.harriman@btinternet.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Fri, 12 August, 2011 19:59:56
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] MS Word .docx formatting in Libre Office
>
> Hi,
> Am a newbie to Libre Office so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere.
>
> When I load .docx files into Office 3 for view/edit the formatting is shot to 
> pieces and the Table of Contents is not picked up when included in the original.
> It appears that .doc files are loading ok.
> I thought that .docx files were supported by LO. Apologies if this assumption is 
> incorrect.
>
> Is there anything that I can do to address these formatting issues, or must I 
> convert these .docx files to .doc format before reading them in LO?
> Thanks
>
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My experience with docs and xlsx documents has been those that are not
very complex are opened in 3.4.2 very accurately and saving back works
well. I recommend that you save and ODF copy just in case. Complex
documents are trickier, it depends on the features used and whether
there are macros. Macros are at best very erratic, often they do not
translate easily into StarBasic.
-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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