Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with MS Word 2007 files, hebrew

So let me understand

1. LO can deal with the MSO 2003 files better than the 2007 files?

2. If I install Ubuntu together with my Widows rather than instead can 
Ubuntu and LO access the font files that I have in the Windows system?

3. If not, will Ubuntu with LO recognize TT fonts or other fonts files that 
I have in Windows if I copy them to a Ubuntu folder?

4. If this would also not work, where could I get the "better" font files?

Thank you to all who have responded so far and I am looking forward to your 
responses to my new questions.

Laivy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "webmaster for Kracked Press Productions" <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
To: <users@libreoffice.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with MS Word 2007 files, 
hebrew


> On 05/26/2011 09:33 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> >
> > LibreOffice works on Windows too and can be installed without making it 
> > the
> > default Office Suite.  Your colleagues could continue to use MS Office 
> > for most
> > things and then just use LibreOffice for the newsletter.
> >
> >
> > So far it seems that files created in LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) look 
> > fairly
> > close to the original when opened in MS Office although for MS Office 
> > prior to
> > 2007 the files need to be saved as "Word 98/2000/Xp" format (.doc rather 
> > than
> > .docX or .odt).  Word 2007 and 2010 can open .odt but handles .doc 
> > better.  This
> > can be set as the default format in LibreOffice or OpenOffice
> > Tools - Options - "Load/Save" - General
> > and then use the 2 drop-down lists at the bottom to set-up the new 
> > defaults
> > (roll back up the list 2 places to see the "98/200/Xp" formats). 
> > Sometimes it's
> > just easier to use
> > File - "Save As .."
> > but changing the defaults mean you don't have to worry until after you 
> > upgrade
> > again.
> MSO 2003 plus the add on to read/write .docx files [directly from MSO] 
> never worked for me to read the .docx files that were on MSO's template 
> pages.  I have not tried LibreOffice 3.3.2 with some of the MSO XML files 
> from their online template site.  I have been told on these lists that the 
> reading ability for LO is much better now that what OOo was, the last time 
> I downloaded MSO sample files.  So I will have to try them.  To be honest 
> if MSO's own add on for their own products, to be able to use those nasty 
> XML files, do not work then it will be hard pressed for LO developers to 
> make it work.  But, that is the MS way.  You have to buy their newest 
> product to get to use the files saved with those newest products.
> > Were the Hebrew fonts messed up?  If that happens it might be possible to
> > install 'better' Hebrew fonts.  Usually it is something odd about the way 
> > MSO
> > handles text-boxes and pictures, any boxes really.  But this can usually 
> > be
> > fixed just by dragging the boxes back to the right place
> I have many Hebrew TTF fonts ranging from 30KB to over 100KB in size. 
> Could there be a problem with the font file[s] that are being used?  That 
> is just a wild guess, but not all "Hebrew" fonts are equal in quality, as 
> far as I can see, but I do not read Hebrew.
>
> > Hopefully compatibility will improve but MS like to try to make things 
> > difficult
> > so that people are forced into buying their latest Office all the time. 
> > Google
> > docs also uses the OpenDocument Formats and compatibility is improving 
> > there
> > too.  The whole Cloud thing is still a bit new but it's hopefully 
> > improving
> > despite occasional set-backs.
> >
> >
> > Encouraging your colleagues to install LibreOffice and make sure it is 
> > NOT set
> > as the default Office Suite will help you all move to better 
> > compatibility with
> > more systems.  They might even find they prefer LibreOffice more and more 
> > even
> > though they could always use MSO instead.  The icons are nicer and menus 
> > more
> > familiar than the ribbon-bar (especially as it looks in MSO 2007).
> If you cannot get you colleagues to use LibreOffice, please let them know 
> that it would be better for them to use .doc and other non-XML formats so 
> it is much easier to share the files with other colleagues.  As I said 
> before, not every MSO package that "claims" to read/write .docx files will 
> read/write the same and be read the same between different MSO packages. 
> Also, some people, and businesses, just do not have the money to update 
> their systems every time MSO comes out with a new version.  I know quite a 
> few that still use MSO 2000 or 2003.  So, if people will just stop using 
> that nasty XML version of MSO file formats, we all will have an easier 
> time sharing files between MSO users and MSO and LibreOffice users.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Laivy Gelerinter<laivy@neto.bezeqint.net>
> > To: users@libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Thu, 26 May, 2011 12:12:40
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] compatibility with MS Word 2007 files, 
> > hebrew
> >
> > I recently downloaded the newest version of Ubuntu in order to try it out 
> > as
> > I am not so impressed with Windows. The current download includes
> > LibreOffice. The main thing which would stop me from moving over to 
> > Ubuntu
> > is compatibility with MS Office 2007 files. I have been putting out a 
> > weekly
> > newsletter in Hebrew for the past 9 years and need to be able to access 
> > my
> > MS files and to be able to read them and work with them. I also have some
> > people working with me and they use MS Word and I must be able to
> > successfully transfer files between them and myself. The newsletter is in
> > Hebrew. When I tried opening the MS files using LibreOffice I found that 
> > the
> > formatting was very messed up as well as LibreOffice not having the fonts 
> > I
> > use and therefore everything came out wrong. How can I get LibreOffice to
> > open these files while maintaining the proper formatting and fonts? I 
> > hope
> > there is a way as everything I have heard about Ubuntu and Libreoffice 
> > point
> > to them being much more stable and powerful than MS but, as I wrote, I 
> > need
> > the compatibility with MS Office 2007 files.
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > Laivy
>
>
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