Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft secret formats?

Hi, Andrew:


      Thanks for asking.  Attached please find a single slide in 
LibreOffice Impress consisting of a single dashed line.  When I saved it 
in MS Office 97 ppt format and reopened it in LibreOffice Impress 3.4.3, 
the dashes were converted visually to solid.  When I checked the line 
style, it reported nothing (not solid, as it had when I drew it before I 
changed it).


      Other problems I've had were with previous versions, and I have 
not yet confirmed them in v. 3.4.3.  I will do that.


      Spencer


On 9/11/2011 9:19 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> Spencer,
>
> Any chance you can create a few simple examples and open a bug against 
> the simple examples?
>
> On 09/11/2011 11:31 AM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> >       For me, the answer is NOT obvious, because of (a) the 
> > occasional incompatibilities and (b) the things that are easier in MS 
> > Office than LibreOffice.  I've had problems with LibreOffice where I 
> > save something in *.doc format or *.ppt and reopen it, and it's 
> > different.  Also, I've been using Open Office / LibreOffice regularly 
> > for 1.5 years now, and I still cannot find how to control bullets and 
> > numbering as easily as I could with MS Office.  For any document I 
> > have to send to a collaborator who uses MS Office, I need to keep it 
> > primarily in the MS format to increase the chances that I will at 
> > least know what is being changed without warning!
> >
> >
> >       For example, in LibreOffice 3.4.3 Impress, create a dashed line 
> > and save it in MS PowerPoint 97 format.  Close then reopen it.  When 
> > I did that just now under Windows 7 x64, the line style was lost and 
> > it displayed solid.  If I do NOT have to share it with an MS Office 
> > user, then I keep it in Open Office format.  Otherwise, I must 
> > convert at some point to MS format, and I should do that regularly at 
> > least until I identify at least one incompatibility problem.
> >
> >
> >       Best Wishes,
> >       Spencer


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