Re: [libreoffice-users] file format problem?

I strongly agree with Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster.  But I'd also 
suggest that you NEVER overwrite the original document without first 
saving a backup copy of the original to a different name or in a 
different location.

-- Tim Deaton
===========================

On 4/6/2016 11:41 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> On 04/06/2016 11:16 AM, anne-ology wrote:
> >         Maybe I can help,
> >            [see notes interspersed below]
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa@hb.tp1.jp>
> > Date: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:50 AM
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] file format problem?
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> >
> >
> > Good evening
> > I am not sure whether this is a LibreOffice (?) problem or just MY 
> > problem.
> > It happened before, but I will describe the latest episode.
> >
> > I was working with Writer on a Word (.docx) file. As a translation job I
> > was supposed to overwrite that file.
> >
> >     [MsFt does not necessarily recognize LO; had you opened this in 
> > LO or
> > MsFt? (docx is one of MsFt's files)]
>
> Is there any requirement to use MS's .docx format instead of the more 
> compatible .doc format?
>
> I do not do any translation between languages, but if you do not need 
> to use .docx for the translated file, then I would not do so.
>
> To be honest, the .docx format have compatibility issues between MS's 
> Word versions.  Last year, I finally convinced a MS Office user that 
> it would be better to use .doc over .docx for the files emailed out to 
> many users that have various versions of MS Office, and for me LO.
>
> For me, I make all my word processing documents using .odt and then 
> save it in .doc format for the MS Word users.
>
>
>
> > The file contained images, tables and objects.
> > After being 2/3 finished, I saved the file, went downstairs and wanted
> > to continue working while having a coffee.
> > However, when I opened the file, saved in SpiderOakOne, I noticed, that
> > the latter 2/3 of the file were gone.
> >
> >     [yet another program?]
> >
> > Including 1/2 day of work.
> > Even archived earlier versions of the same file showed only the first 
> > 1/3.
> > Trying to open that file with MS Word, resulted in the following error:
> > "File Format error at
> > SAXParse Exception:
> > [word/document.xml line 2]:
> > Attribute w:hAnsi redefined
> > Stream word/document.xml line 2, column 73305 (row,col)"
> >
> >     [suggestion: open LO - then attempt to open saved document, 
> > allowing it
> > to translate if necessary;
> >         hopefully, your file will re-appear.]
> >
> > The file contained originally about 4300 Japanese characters.
> > Even though there was nothing on my screen beyond the first 1/3 of that
> > file, its size did not change.
> > When I deleted the second 2/3 of the original file, the original size of
> > 470 kb shrank to 130 kb.
> > After I retyped all the lost work and saved that first as .ODT and then
> > later as .docx, file size was 23 and 16 kb respectively.
> >
> >     [these are MsFt not LO documents.]
> >
> > A different translator translating the same file (probably using MS
> > Word) into a different language had apparently no problems.
> >
> > What is happening here?
> > Does this mean Writer has problems handling MS Word files?
> > Is it the incomprehensible .docs format?
> >
> >     [that's a good word to describe MsFt  ;-)]
> >
> > Do I HAVE to use Word for such file? Something I really do not want 
> > to do!
> > Is there anything to PREVENT this kind of event? (retyping my work all
> > the time will get me into real trouble!)
> >
> >     [suggestion: use LO to open documents ... work with documents ... 
> > then
> > if necessary, save as MsFt to send to others
> >        - although if they too have LO, then no translation would be
> > necessary  ;-)]
> >
> > Thomas


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