[libreoffice-users] Re: RTF

Le 19/10/2013 10:43, Patrick a écrit :

Hi Patrick,


> I've received this .rtf file (attachment) with a little picture on the left side that i can't see 
> with Libre Office. I'm using Ubuntu because I hate Microsoft and all their products :) ... So, in 
> conclusion, my friend (on Microsoft Office Word) opened this file and the picture was here. I'm 
> asking now, could this problem be resolved in the future Libre Office release?

The problem is that many software editors, instead of sticking to the 
original RTF specification, have created their own added features, 
differences, etc, Microsoft being one of the particularly pernicious 
companies that has "embraced and expanded" the RTF specification. This 
means that it is very difficult for LibreOffice and other RTF import 
software to actually do this correctly, and while things are improving, 
the RTF filters still have (and always have had, even in the days of Sun 
StarOffice), bugs.

The solution to your problem might lie in using a newer version of 
LibreOffice, but if you are on Ubuntu 13.04 (and unless you are using 
the just released 13.10), then your version of LibreOffice will be 
somewhere between 3.6 and 4.0.2.

You should also try looking in bugzilla or Ubuntu's launchpad to see 
whether your particular bug has already been registered, and possibly 
find out whether someone is working on fixing it.

Alex



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