On 08/12/2011 06:34 PM, NoOp wrote:
On 08/12/2011 03:19 PM, NoOp wrote: ...There are considerable issue with OOXML/MOX[1] files: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=docx Then again, Microsoft also has issues as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML <http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-version-of-word-HA010044473.aspx> Your best bet is to ask users to use .doc rather than .docx (preferably .odt, but we all know that isn't realistic). [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_OOXMLSorry, forgot to mention that there is a commercial package that does a very nice job with .docx. Even the export to .odt included the notes from the file that I tested: <http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11942> http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofl_en.htm You can try a working linux demo for 30 days: http://www.softmaker.de/cgi-local/of10trial.py I just installed (deb version) and it does a pretty nice job. Looks quite like LO/OOo/StarOffice. Interesting that comes out of Germany - the home of StarOffice & they've been around for quite some time. Also interesting (albeit old - 2006) interview: <http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2006070509040463> Louis Suarrez-Potts.
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