Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

On 28/02/2012, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins <roger@sawkins.name> wrote:
> > I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be
> > able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when
> > loading
> > Ppt in Presentation it does not always convert font and layout properly.
> > Occasional tabs or spaces are missing or duplicated; occasional text
> > boxes
> > have text outside the slide, etc.
>
> Your are wasting your time. Make a cost-benefit analysis and decide
> whether to use either LO or m$; do not bother trying to use both.

Sorry for the terrible English; should read: "You are..."
> >  Then when I then save the presentation as ppt it changes the font, for
> > example, from bold to basic and shows tabs or spaces (see above) as
> > missing.
>
> This is because m$ has no desire to use odf. To prove the point,
> create an odp (two versions, one odf11, another odf12) document using
> LO. Open the odp document using m$. Send details of the changes to the
> odp file that m$ causes, to m$ technical support. Tell us the results
> of your contact with m$.
>
> > Is there some way of ensuring that the conversions are consistent and
> > presentations can be switched back and forth?
>
> Never in a million years.

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