Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx trouble (solved??)

On 11/28/2011 12:27 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
> On 11/27/2011 09:32 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > John
> >
> > On 11/27/2011 01:15 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
> > > hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no Windows on it!)
> > > with LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401)...
> > > -- snip --
> > >
> > > john
> > I try to double save important files with my working copy being ODF 
> > and when necessary in MSO.
> >
> > You can try adding this ppa for Libroffice and upgrade to 3.4.4: note 
> > I have listed the commands needed to install the ppa using Terminal. 
> > This is simpler IMHO than having side-by-side installs of two LO 
> > versions.
> >
> >     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libroffice/ppa
> >
> >     sudo apt-get update
> >
> > I would run Update Manager or Synaptic and either should find the new 
> > versions.
> >
> > My experience is that 3.3.X is not as good as 3.4.X in handling msox 
> > formats. When I had a similar problem with 3.3.2/3 I found that Word 
> > 2010 had no problem with opening the file nor did anyone who received 
> > it. No one commented on any file corruption.
> >
> > Looking at your image, it looks like all the information is there so 
> > your customer should not even noticed that you had a problem.
>
> Hello, Jay.
>
> i followed your instructions and upgraded LibreOffice to v. 3.4.3
> OOO340m1 (Build:302), first adding the ppa:libreoffice/ppa repository 
> and then
> having synaptic do the upgrade.
>
> The operation seems to have been successful on the whole; but attempting
> to open the .docx document in the new writer version still fails 
> miserably.
>
> I can only hope that the client will be able to open it cleanly in 
> whatever version of
> Word he is using.
>
> Thanks for the help and reassurance. Guess i'll just need to keep my 
> eyes doubly focused
> when I open Word files from clients or other people, and ask them to 
> re-save any .docx files as
> .doc before mailing them to me.
>
> jdh
>
>
>
> In the meantime I've verified that my client was indeed able to 
> properly open the .docx file i had sent to him. Just to have peace of 
> mind for my own records, I've had him save the document as .doc (Win 
> 97/2000) and send it back to me.
Good news
> The problem here (with both LO 3.3.4. and LO 3.4.3) seems to be that 
> while they *can* indeed read .docx files, they *cannot* re-save them 
> in that format *in a manner displayable in writer;* however, the 
> re-save in LO will apparently preserve the structure and contents for 
> any Winword recipients of the .docx files processed in LO. 
> Fortunately, LO is not capable, within itself, to create original MSO 
> .docx documents...
>
> I think the best way to deal with incoming MSO .docx files is to 
> immediately re-save them as .odt or .doc files, as you suggested, and 
> only then do any necessary editing.
Interestingly both ODT and MSOX files are compressed formats. MS tends 
to sort of follow the standards part of the reason why msox types are 
troublesome - they are close but not quite there.

A side note MSO 2010 supports only ODT 1.0 and 1.1 versions while LO 
uses 1.2 enhanced as default.
> Again, thanks for the help and reassurance.
>
> jdh


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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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