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

On 09/11/2011 03:15 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> NoOp & Dennis:
>
>
>        What is the standard bug reporting procedure for LibreOffice?  I 
> looked at "libreoffice.org" and didn't find anything, but I didn't look 
> too hard.

It's not as easy/apparent to find as one would hope. But:

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/
  http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/qa-testers/
   http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugTriage
[Details on How to report LibreOffice Bugs are also available. ]
and finally:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
IMO that last should be on foremost on the the 'Get Involved' page...
but then I'd have to go over to the web list & complain & then file a
bug report requesting that... :-)


> DENNIS:  NoOp tested one of the problems I reported;  see below.
>
>
> NoOp:  I submitted reproducible examples of two problems to Dennis.
...


> On 9/11/2011 3:09 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 09/11/2011 11:06 AM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> > > Another example:
> > >
> > >
> > > 1.  Download
> > > "http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/resources/flyers/noCreditCd-bookmark20110306.odt";.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2.  Open in LibreOffice 3.4.3.  Save as MS Word 97 *.doc format.
> > >
> > >
> > > 3.  Close, then reopen the *.doc version:  When I did this now under
> > >   Windows 7, this changed the widths of the columns had changed and
> > > with it the column breaks, etc.  I checked Format ->  Page ->  Columns:
> > > *.odt showed from Autowidth with columns = 1.42, space = 0.70;  *.doc
> > > had columns = 2.13, space = 0.70.  The numbers do not make sense to
> > > me, but the visual change is clear.  I noticed this problem with an
> > > earlier version of LibreOffice 3.4 and I think also with Open Office
> > > 3.3.
> > ...
> >
> > I tested as per the above, and indeed LO does save the .doc with
> > modified column widths. I tested by saveas in LO 3.3.3 and then opened
> > the .doc with:
> >
> > LO 3.3.3 (linux)
> > LO 3.4.3 (linux)
> > OOo 3.2.1 (go-oo build - Ubuntu linux)
> > OOo 3.2.0 (Windows)
> > MSO Word97 (yes I have MSO97 on an VirtuaBox Win2K install)
> >
> > The worst/more serious issue is that in MSO Word97 blank second column
> > is inserted/shown. This means that the document renders only 3 populated
> > columns rather than 4. Screenshot is here:
> >
> > http://imageshack.us/f/841/screenshotwin2kprorunni.png/
> >
> > So, you've a valid bug to report. Check to see if one hasn't already
> > been filed before filing yours. Start a new thread regarding the problem
> > when you've done that and I'll be glad to contribute/add to the bug
> > report with my tests/screenshots.



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