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

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Roger Sawkins wrote:

> Well, having had your little spat I see we have got back to suggestions as to
> what I might do about my problem.
>
> Bear in mind I am new to this game. There is a suggestion of reporting a
> "bug". I realise there is a link for that, but what is the best way? Should
> I include a sample of a Ppt conversion (and vice versa) with examples of the
> problems, or just list them.

Including simple sample files would certainly be useful. Also a 
description of the various steps, as well as software versions and system 
environment (that can affect the issue, like the fonts installed etc...)

Bugs that are attractive (i.e. are well-documented and look easy to verify 
without the need to have more interaction) tend to get more support than 
vague claims or complicated descriptions that require more work by bug 
triage people or developers.

Make sure that what you contribute will be public and cannot contain 
content that is copyrighted or illegal to share.


> Incidentally, there has been some comment about the 'different fonts on
> different machines'. I am using Times New Roman (plain and bold) and as far
> as I know that is available on any Windows machine, so presumably that is
> not causing the problem.

Even when the fonts appear to be installed on the system, software bugs in 
the filters might be causing such issues. I don't expect them to, but bugs 
tend to be unexpected...

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