Re: [libreoffice-users] Document rendering flaw in LibreOffice

Hi :-) !
With all the problems I had with MS software, (one of the las was with 
Word XP which forced me to migrate to OO then LO), I can easily believe 
that they unable to implement their own standards, but that doesn't 
imply that there is not a marketing strategy behind! :-(
Regards,
Jean-Louis
Le 28/08/2011 01:00, Tom Davies a écrit :
> Hi :)
> I think it depends on whether you mean the  implementation as actually used in
> MS Office 2007&  2010 or the theoretical standard as agreed by various
> organisations.  Why MS do not seem to have followed the standard they drew-up
> could possibly be a marketing ploy, or at least perceived as such.  Either that
> or they are inept at implementing their own standard.  Either way it does not
> inspire confidence in using their new formats especially when they don't work
> and their old formats do.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jean-Louis Oneto<jl.oneto@free.fr>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Sun, 28 August, 2011 0:38:44
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Document rendering flaw in LibreOffice
>
> Hi Tom!
> I'm surprised with that: IFAIK, the docx format was just the opposite:
> the (XML) Open Format reply of Microsoft to the banning of proprietary
> formats (the old .doc formats were especially targeted...) by the
> governments of a lot of countries, starting with the USA, Japan, several
> European countries...:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docx
> I suppose that if Microsoft made available a converter pack (with read
> and WRITE capabilities), it was also not entirely for avoiding people to
> buy the new versions of MSO...
> Best regards,
> Jean-Louis
>
> Le 27/08/2011 20:39, Tom Davies a écrit :
> > Hi :)
> > If you can then please stick with the .doc format and avoid the .docX.  The
> > newer format is proprietary and was designed to be incompatible with non-MS
> > Office programs including LibreOffice.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Rogier F. van Vlissingen<vliscony@gmail.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Sat, 27 August, 2011 21:10:41
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Document rendering flaw in LibreOffice
> >
> > I have one document, with some very simple graphic components in it, which
> > is refusing to load in LibreOffice Writer.
> >
> > It has a few simple boxes in the layout, and it just suppresses them.
> > The problem goes away when I save them as a .doc in lieu of .docx
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
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