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

Hi :)
There is a guide here
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
This is mostly guidance rather than rules as each case might be different.  If you can't include 
all the info required initially then it can always be added in later if needed.
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sun, 11/9/11, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves@prodsyse.com> wrote:

From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves@prodsyse.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Should LibreOffice even support Microsoft secret formats?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Cc: dennis.hamilton@acm.org
Date: Sunday, 11 September, 2011, 23:15

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.


DENNIS:  NoOp tested one of the problems I reported;  see below.


NoOp:  I submitted reproducible examples of two problems to Dennis.


       Thanks very much for your support of LibreOffice.


       Spencer


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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