[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice won't display SVG file generated by LibreOffice

I have 2 Freelance Graphics .DRW files that I have been converting to other formats by various 
means.  I have generated SVG files using Inkscape on the mac and Sketch on the mac.  I have also 
generated an SVG file from a ODP presentation produced from one of the .DRW files.
The SVG file generated by the ODP presentation won't import into LibreOffice Drawing.  You get the 
lines but not the text.  The embedding option Insert->Picture route into Writer is even worse the 
lines are displayed wrongly and you don't get text.
What sort of SVG files does LibreOffice produce?  After doing considerable work on this, I am of 
the conclusion that the SVG format is particularly flakey, or the programs that are supposed to 
edit it are dreadful.  The SVG file generated by LibreOffice looks better in preview on the Mac 
than the SVG files generated by Inkscape.
Another curious thing is that the "Inkscape SVG" files I have generated are better (Open in more 
programs and are more reliable) than the "Standard SVG" files generated by Inkscape.  Sketch seems 
to be worse at SVG import than Inkscape.  This is particularly dreadful since Sketch is a paid for 
program.  I am using a trial version.  On this basis I won't be paying for it when the trial runs 
out.
Other than that LibreOffice is much better than Open Office.  With Open Office on the mac I had to 
have NeoOffice as well.  The fonts in Open Office weren't very good, at low zooms you got screen 
corruption.  NeoOffice corrected this problem, however NeoOffice doesn't use VoiceOver the mac 
screenreader.  I don't use VoiceOver as a rule, but I wan't a program that can use it if necessary. 
 NeoOffice management have said that they don't support VoiceOver, that I think is reprehensible.  
LibreOffice on the other hand does support VoiceOver and solves the font corruption problem.  So I 
have got rid of NeoOffice.  Also sine NeoOffice is a paid for program (where you have to pay before 
you try) I have gone to the far better free LibreOffice.
I really would like to get a proper SVG file generated for these 2 .DRW files, that I can archive, 
and have confidence that I will find a program that will be able to read this "standard" format in 
the future.  Note that both the Inkscape and LibreOffice SVG files display in a web browser.  I 
have already got PDF and EPS files from these 2 .DRW files, I just wanted to have more options for 
the future.
Thank you very much for your attention.

Declan Moriarty
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