Re: [libreoffice-users] table not appearing in .doc format in MAC

Bala subramanian wrote:
> Friends,
> I am using the Libre office 4.2.4 version on a linux machine with Unbuntu
> 12.10.
>
> I have .odt file where i copied a table from libreoffice Calc. Then i saved
> the file in .doc file.
>
> Opening the .doc file in macbook does not show the tables. Is there any way
> to resolve this issue.

If you've simply copied from Calc and pasted in Writer, you've probably 
ended up with a Calc object embedded in a Writer document. If (in 
Writer) you double-click on the pasted table, do you get the row and 
column headings around it, and sheet tabs below? If so, that's a Calc 
object opening within the Writer document.

When you save that in .doc format, you probably end up with a Calc 
object embedded in a Word document - which would need something on the 
macbook capable of opening, displaying and editing that Calc object.

A couple of potential solutions:

1. Copy from Calc as usual, but in Writer try the options given by Edit 
> Paste Special. "Formatted text" or "HTML" paste as a Writer table 
rather than an embedded spreadsheet, and may be sufficient.

2. If you actually need a spreadsheet object embedded in the text 
document (rather than just inserting a table), look under Tools > 
Options > Load/Save > Microsoft Office. Tick the [S]ave box next to 
"Excel to LibreOffice Calc or reverse" before saving as .doc. I think 
that makes it convert the embedded Calc object to an Excel object when 
saving the text document in Microsoft (.doc) format. I don't tend to 
embed spreadsheets in text documents and transfer to Microsoft formats, 
so not entirely certain that'll work, but it's worth a try. If it 
doesn't you can always change the settings back to what they were. If it 
does work, and you do this kind of thing a lot, you might want to tick 
all those boxes ([L]oad and [S]ave for all object types). I'd suggest 
keeping the original in ODF format though, and just saving a copy as 
.doc when you need to share it, just in case something goes wrong with 
the conversion.

Hope that helps.

Mark.

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