Re: [libreoffice-users] docx problems

Hi,

and you don't have the possibility to send .pdf files to your clients?
In this case you are sure that formatting and fonts will be correct.
This seem to be very important, from my point of view, especially in the 
case you have to translate to languages like german, polish, french 
where you have a lot of special letters.

To have them all correct it is the only chance I think.

best regards
gerald

On 2013-10-26 00:22, baldwin linguas wrote:
> I don't even really know where to begin with this.
> I haven't enough information to file a bug, really, because what I
> have is vague, broad.
>
> But I have been doing business as a freelance translator for 10 years,
> using only FREE/OSS, (OmegaT, OpenOffice, etc., on Debian GNU/Linux)
> without any major issues.
>
> Now, suddenly, every time a client sends me a .docx file, I get a complaint
> when I return their documents that the formatting has changed (tables
> are different,
> fonts changed, bullets disappear, or, worse, they can't even open the document,
> although it opens fine here).
>
> It's ruining my business.
> I'm losing clients, losing money, and I have a family to feed.
> And I don't know what to do about it.
> OpenOffice won't write to .docx, and LibreOffice messes them up.
>
> I don't know what to do to diagnose these issues, which is why
> I feel I haven't sufficient information to file a bug.
> I know nothing of Java (LO is primarily java, yes?),
> so I certainly can't contribute to any solution.
> I'm very frustrated and concerned.
> I absolutely will not use proprietary software, but I am unable to serve
> my clients' needs with FLOSS at this time.
> I'm at a loss for what to do here.
> I suppose this is venting more than anything else, and a desperate
> plea for help here.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm using the LO 3.5.4.2 in the Debian Wheezy repos,
> on AMD64 architecture.

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