Bug#551304: Openoffice writer 3.0 doesn't save correctly in Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) format
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 02:14:54AM +0000, Hans Linkels wrote:
> I encountered 3 different bugs here, all complying to the same error
> description.
Wrong. Please follow bug report principles.
Means: One bug in one report, look whether bugs already are reported.
> When I open a Word (.doc) document which is produced on a machine running XP
> with office 2003. OpenOffice offers to save it default as ODF format (.odt). When I
> choose explicitely for 97/2000/XP format the error occurs..
>
> 1. When the format Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) is chosen, I receive the message
> "some formats cannot be saved in Word 6.0 format". Either this is the wrong
> error message, or the wrong output filter.
If it's the former, it sounds "minor" to me, not "important". The latter
one is normal or important, yes.
> 2. The file suffix .doc is not added altough the box "automatic file name
> extension" is checked. No suffix at all is appended.
This looks like #550758 if you use KDE4 and the KDE4 file picker.
> 3. When the file is saved in this format (whatever the real format is, but
> selected as 97/2000/XP) the file is heavily corrupted when opened again in Word
> 2003. Artefacts occur like:
> - Tables have disappeared and are shown as the original contents interspersed
> with unreadable characters
> - Some pieces of the text don't show up
> - Some pieces of the text show up repeatedly.
This sounds important, yes.
Grüße/Regards,
Rene
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