Re: [libreoffice-users] problems with document conversion

Eric,

On 04/11/2012 10:19 AM, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> this problem just bit me in my job hunt. Apparently for the past two 
> or three months, I've been sending out resumes and cover letters in 
> Microsoft Word DOC format and they were garbled sometimes simply 
> margin errors sometimes completely unreadable. Usually, I started with 
> the standard odt format and converted to doc. occasionally I would do 
> couple revisions in the .doc form and then convert back to ODF for my 
> baseline. I was  using  revisions 3.5.0 and 3.5.1
>
> this really hurts because there were a lot of really good jobs that I 
> qualified for but didn't get any responses to. I'm not saying that the 
> document conversion problem was the sole cause but it didn't help my 
> application any. :-)
>
> what I need help with is determining if conversion is going to be an 
> ongoing problem in which point, I migrate to Jarta or equivalent. If 
> it's not an ongoing problem, was it a procedural one. That I did 
> something wrong in the handling of documents that caused it to become 
> corrupt? For example, should I always start with the odt format and 
> convert out words to PDF and DOC? And last, is detection of a failed 
> conversion? Would it make sense for me to use jarta to verify document 
> conversion.
>
> if it is a procedural error and I need to start from odt as the 
> primary source, is there any way to automate the production of 
> alternative formats? For example, if I'm saving a file, can I also do 
> document conversion at the  same time and save both PDF and DOC format 
> files.
>
> Thank you for any help in resolving this problem.
>
> --- eric
>
> PS no, PDF is not always a solution. Many agencies and companies here 
> in the states only accept doc/docx format documents
I usually save to MSO formats last. Can you use RTF format instead of 
doc/docx. Word opens RTF and it is not a format that does not contain 
macros.

If you can post a typical document either online with a link or via 
Nabble we can see what is happening.

Usually I see the problem with MOS (mostly docx) to LO not the other way.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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