Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office saving spreadsheets as images when saving as Word docx!?

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
 wrote:

> 2017-04-16 17:30 GMT+02:00 QC <quiet.celt@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > The document is created in Writer. It has Text, a table and an embedded
> > spreadsheet. I got it from and OO/LO template document years ago. I've
> > tweaked it somewhat, but not much.  I open it in Writer, paste in the
> > relevant charges from my Tracking spreadsheet, save it to a new filename,
> > and then save a copy in Office format for my clients, who use Word and
> > Microsoft Office. I can't dictate to paying clients what software to use
> to
> > open my invoices.
>
> Maybe it's just me, but isn't PDF just perfect for invoices? Why send a
> word document to your clients unless you want them to be able to edit your
> invoice? And why would you want that? Sorry for not understanding, it's
> probably simple and I just misunderstood everything, stupid as I probably
> am.
>
>
> My client enters this information into his own records. For his ease of
use I send him a format that makes it easy for him, rather than having to
type it all in himself.


> > If LO can't export a simple spreadsheet embedded in a document to a
> > current MS format, or read back what it wrote, then they should not be
> > included as options to export to.
> >
> > I use this system for my business. It has to work, or I have to use
> > something else.
>
> Anyway, I just tested to embed a spreadsheet in a text file, I saved it as
> docx, closed everything and reopened it in LibreOffice Writer. The
> spreadsheet was still embedded, so maybe something got corrupted in your
> file.
Hmm, ok, thanks. So it's something on my end. Perhaps some tweak done by
Linux Mint or Ubuntu.
Or something in my own set up.


On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2017-04-16 17:30 GMT+02:00 QC <quiet.celt@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > The document is created in Writer. It has Text, a table and an embedded
> > spreadsheet. I got it from and OO/LO template document years ago. I've
> > tweaked it somewhat, but not much.  I open it in Writer, paste in the
> > relevant charges from my Tracking spreadsheet, save it to a new filename,
> > and then save a copy in Office format for my clients, who use Word and
> > Microsoft Office. I can't dictate to paying clients what software to use
> to
> > open my invoices.
>
> Maybe it's just me, but isn't PDF just perfect for invoices? Why send a
> word document to your clients unless you want them to be able to edit your
> invoice? And why would you want that? Sorry for not understanding, it's
> probably simple and I just misunderstood everything, stupid as I probably
> am.
>
>
> > I can't just send it in ODF. Unless MS Office has suddenly decided to
> > support reading ODF files. Last time I tried it didn't.  I could send it
> in
> > PDF, and will if I have no other choice.
>
>
>
> > If LO can't export a simple spreadsheet embedded in a document to a
> > current MS format, or read back what it wrote, then they should not be
> > included as options to export to.
> >
> > I use this system for my business. It has to work, or I have to use
> > something else.
>
> Anyway, I just tested to embed a spreadsheet in a text file, I saved it as
> docx, closed everything and reopened it in LibreOffice Writer. The
> spreadsheet was still embedded, so maybe something got corrupted in your
> file.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>
>
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2017-04-15 22:19 GMT+02:00 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk>:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:04:47 +0200
> > > > Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Since this is still the only mailing list that I'm on that requires
> > > > > me to hit ”Reply to all” to reply to the group, I failed doing so
> > > > > again, and all the crap ended up at the OP only… so this is my
> second
> > > > > try…
> > > >
> > > > Well that must be a problem with the crap mailer you use. A simple
> > > > reply works fine for me.
> > >
> > > No, my message was crap (it's my signum), not the mailer. In fact, I
> don't
> > > even know what a ”mailer” is. Email client? If so, I don't use one. I
> use
> > > the web thing.
> > >
> > >
> > > Have a nice day, you too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Johnny Rosenberg
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2017-04-15 22:19 GMT+02:00 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk>:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:04:47 +0200
> > > > Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Since this is still the only mailing list that I'm on that requires
> > > > > me to hit ”Reply to all” to reply to the group, I failed doing so
> > > > > again, and all the crap ended up at the OP only… so this is my
> second
> > > > > try…
> > > >
> > > > Well that must be a problem with the crap mailer you use. A simple
> > > > reply works fine for me.
> > >
> > > No, my message was crap (it's my signum), not the mailer. In fact, I
> don't
> > > even know what a ”mailer” is. Email client? If so, I don't use one. I
> use
> > > the web thing.
> > >
> > >
> > > Have a nice day, you too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Johnny Rosenberg
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2017-04-15 22:19 GMT+02:00 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk>:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:04:47 +0200
> > > > Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Since this is still the only mailing list that I'm on that requires
> > > > > me to hit ”Reply to all” to reply to the group, I failed doing so
> > > > > again, and all the crap ended up at the OP only… so this is my
> second
> > > > > try…
> > > >
> > > > Well that must be a problem with the crap mailer you use. A simple
> > > > reply works fine for me.
> > >
> > > No, my message was crap (it's my signum), not the mailer. In fact, I
> don't
> > > even know what a ”mailer” is. Email client? If so, I don't use one. I
> use
> > > the web thing.
> > >
> > >
> > > Have a nice day, you too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Johnny Rosenberg
> > >
> > >
> > >
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