Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows-Mac compatibility

Steve Edmonds wrote:
> On 2014-03-17 03:11, Lorenzo Pii wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > I'm interested in experiences for cross compatibility between Windows
> > and Mac for Calc. Is it fully compatible or only partially? I have a
> > file on dropbox and I’m wondering if I’d be able to edit it both from
> > my work pc and my personal mac with the same version of libreoffice. I
> > know the best and clever way would be to try it myself, fact is my
> > file has quite some sheets and I would like to avoid to start saving
> > it with both machines and eventually find out in a month or so that
> > something went bad in the process.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Lorenz
> Hi. I have Linux and macs and have no cross-compatibility issues with LO.
> With my work colleagues there is no compatibility issues windows-Linux.
> I do however standardise fonts across machines, for instance I found the
> Arial on mac was different to the one on Linux causing text to flow
> differently, so I copied my Linux font to my mac.
> Steve

Have you tried the "Embed fonts in the document" option under the "Font"
tab of the document "Properties" dialog?

In some cases this can "bloat" the file size, but I have found it useful.

Dave




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