[libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice (doc, xls, ppt) etc..

Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
> No, because you will have exactly the same problem: even if you save in
> MS-Office formats, LibO use ODF as internal format, so you have a
> conversion problem each time you save your file.

That is a really interesting fact but also extremely worrying. I'm sure that
even with the warning most (all?) users assumed that if you stay within a
format (e.g. always doc) you wouldn't have problems when saving your
document.

What you are saying is that when you press the Save button in a doc file
(and you are not informed of this problem when you just Save it, only on
Save As) there is a conversion that causes the document NOT to be saved as
you are seeing it on-screen but could be something else completely
different...


Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
> And it is not prohibited to be careful and check your converted file
> before to send it.

That is true. But when you are working within the same format, you assume
that what is on screen is what is being saved!


Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote:
> On other hand if, during editing your document, you avoid the use of
> manual formatting, use only predefined style (you can modify them
> without problem) and do not use exotic fonts, then conversion problems
> will be dramatically reduced.

That is sound advice. But most users aren't that efficient with styles ;)

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