Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats?

Thanks, Virgil.

I can probably alter any lists when I work in an MS environment at the 
final stage of formatting.

Regarding page formatting — I'm wondering if I use slightly more 
advanced features of LibreOffice to get my results whether it would 
cause more problems when working in Word. I am trying to keep the 
process relatively simple. The articles only need to have consistent 
fonts and spacing and perhaps one page break for the bibliographies. I 
have starting created a LibreOffice template with customised paragraph 
styles and some changes to the page style. I was planning to apply this 
to the .docs. As long as 90% or so of my formatting would transfer to 
Word, I don't mind making some manual adjustments at that stage.

Thanks,
Ryan

On 26/08/13 13:00, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> In my experience, most paragraph styles tend to translate well to 
> MS-Word formats. However, I've had problems with the alignment of 
> automatic numbering and/or bullets. LO and MSW seem to align them 
> differently.
>
> One bigger difference, however, is the way the two formats handle page 
> formatting. LO uses page styles to change formatting from one page to 
> another, whereas Word does not. It uses section breaks to make such 
> page formatting changes, and I've found discrepancies in translating 
> page formatting between the two.
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Info/UX
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:38 PM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to 
> other software/formats?
>
> Hello,
>
> Apologies if this is a basic question. I've been given some documents to
> format according to certain style guidelines. The files are mostly .docx
> and .doc and must be sent off in this format. I work only with
> LibreOffice. My questions is, if I format the articles using paragraph
> and page styles rather than just directly changing the format in the
> body of the document, will the formatting be maintained when the
> documents are opened in MS Office? I am not concerned with small
> discrepancies that can be tweaked later on, rather whether this method
> of formatting generally transfers well. Again, sorry if it's a silly
> question.
>
> Many thanks.
> Ryan


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