Re: [libreoffice-users] Libra Office and MS Word compatibility query

On 10/17/2016 10:23 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 10/17/2016 10:14 AM, Cley Faye <cleyfaye@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2016-10-17 16:07 GMT+02:00 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>:
> > > On 10/15/2016 7:02 AM, toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > For my part, I point blank refuse to use MS Word (any version), because
> > > > it is completely, utterly and absolutely incompatible with itself (the
> > > > same version but on a different computer)--- to the point that they
> > > > might as well have been written by two different companies, with
> > > > different development teams.
> > > While I would agree there can be problems - sometimes big ones, between
> > > *different* versions of Word (or Excel or Powerpoint), I call BS on your
> > > the above. It simply is not true.
> > >
> > > FUD like this does nothing to help with the spread of open file formats.
> > ​While the initial statement is exaggerated,
> It is MUCH more than just exaggerated...
>
> > moving a file between two computers using the same version of MSO
> > can produce different results, with no obvious reasons. Of course
> > after digging enough an explanation can be found,
> By all means, please provide an example of something that could cause
> this...
>
> Maybe differing versions of VSC++, but I can't think of much else.
>
> > but I've seen it happen often enough to be noticeable. This was in
> > the beginning of the docx format, but I would not be surprised if things
> > didn't change much in it's ~10 years of existence.
> Well, yes, sure, when a new file format is introduced there are a lot of
> things that can happen.
>
> But we are not talking about 10 years ago and a brand new file format.
> We're talking about now - and I'd include the *recent* past (say, 2-4
> years).
>
> I'm not saying it can not ever happen, I'm saying that it isn't even
> remotely close to the show stopper problem the OP claimed.
As I kept reading these posting, I wonder about how deeply to you want 
to go with the "compatibility" between LibreOffice and the various 
versions of Word?  Sure there are issues with the .docx format between 
different versions of Word, but there are issues with early versions of 
LO as well.  As the developers work on the input/output filters for LO 
to deal with .docx files, LO is getting better at dealing with the file 
format. Yes there will be some problems using .docx between LO and Word, 
but as this thread clearly states, even between version of Word there 
are problems.

My solution tends to be "old school", since I prefer to use .doc files 
between LO and the various version of Word that are used by those who 
send me documents or receive them from me.  So far, I have not come 
across any documents that "need" the .docx format.  Sure there are those 
who need it to do more complex documents, but I prefer not to do them.  
If I have to create more complex documents, I tend to send the document 
to others via a PDF file.  9 time out of 10 I do not need to deal with 
multiple packages and multiple people when creating my more complex 
documents.


SO, with that said, how deeply do we want to go into compatibility 
issues?  We can nick-pick all of the little issues that require very 
specific situations, or we can just make a list, with document examples, 
of all these issues and let them work on modifying the input/output 
filters.

Also, I must ask again what makes a package to become a "show stopper".  
Yes it may be depend on who/why people are using LO for their work, but 
it would be nice to be able to rate how much the issues are considered 
as a "show stopper".


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