[libreoffice-users] Re: Microsoft Works-2

On 11/17/2011 11:29 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote:
> Le 17/11/2011 18:33, John Gregson a écrit :
>
> Hi John,
>
> > I can now open some of the MS Works, Word Processor files (.WPS)
> > However, I find that any Works file .wps; that has a Table in it will
> > not open in Libre Office.
> > Am I missing something?
>
> Probably not, the MSWorks WPS filter was never perfect and I doubt that 
> it will be improved. The LibO project is phasing out the former binary 
> filters that were required to open StarOffice binary formats, so it is 
> unlikely that any developers are going to be interested in improving the 
> WPS import filter.
...
Sorry to hear that. Many Win7 users may not be able to afford MS Office
proper & use MS Works. MS Works version 9.0 in Win7 (that is included
for free in most Win7 versions... at least it is in Win7 Home Premium)
is actually quite a nice suite. Were I not a linux user & used Win7
outside of testing, and didn't know about OOo/LO, I'd be quite
comfortable using it on a regular basis. Note: I am quite familiar with
MS Office 2003 and earlier (I have MSO 97, 2002, and 2003).

<http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=003&active_tab=Features>

I think that LO would be making a mistake by not continuing to support
MS Works files (at the the newer versions), at least to properly open
and display the files.

@John Gregson: I just did a test MS Works (9.0) file with a small table
in it. Four columns, 4 rows. When saved as an .wps the table in LO 3.4.4
appears as:

[OBJ][OBJ][OBJ][OBJ]

Test
Test1
...
Test17

In other words, the table is not present & instead converted to text.
Note: I just filled the table with Test, Test1 etc. No idea what the '
[OBJ][OBJ][OBJ][OBJ]' bits are about.

I then saved the same file (from MS Works) as a .doc file & reopened in
OOo 3.3.0 (table appears fine, albeit outside the page text borders),
and in LO 3.4.4 with the same results as OOo 3.3.0. I'd have to
uninstall LO 3.4.4 to test with LO 3.3.4, perhaps a Win7 user w/LO 3.3.4
can test as well?






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