Re: [libreoffice-users] Comments removed when savin .docx

On 11/29/2011 02:24 AM, Advrk Aplmkt wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the info. I will study the bug report to see if there's anything I need to add.
> docx (and xlsx and pptx) support is so important!! Really hope full support will be implemented 
> very soon.
> Unfortunately I'm not a programmer, but please let me know if there's other ways for me to help 
> with improving LibreOffice!
There is a strong need for compatibility but the problem is that MSOX
formats must be reversed engineered because they are proprietary
formats. They happen to be similar to ODF formats but have several
unique MS modifications. This causes problems for others, not just LO,
to have absolute full compatibility with MSOX.
> Stephan Zietsman <sziets@gmail.com> 於 2011/11/29 2:13 寫道：
> > Advrk Aplmrkt wrote:
> > > However, I notice that any comments I add to a .docx document via
> > > LibreOffice Writer do not show up when opened in Micro$oft Word 2007,
> > > 2010, or 2011!
> > > Is this a known bug, or am I not doing it correctly?
> > I believe this is a known bug
> > (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33463).  It seems that
> > Libreoffice does not save comment when exporting (saving) to docx
> > format (other formats seem OK).  As a workaround, you could consider
> > saving to a different format, like odt.  Word 2007 and later supports
> > odf version 1.1, as far as I know.  Alternatively, you could also use
> > the legacy doc format, which is more supported than docx.
> >
> > > From the bug report, it seems that a fix will be coming for this bug,
> > but I cannot say for sure.  If you have any valuable information to
> > contribute to the bug report, feel free to post a comment.
> >
> > Regards
> > Stephan


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