Re: [O] ODT export produces odt file which MS Word 2007 can't open

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 11/25/13, 20:09 , Jambunathan K wrote:
> Gary Oberbrunner <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Yes, Word opens your resaved version with no errors.
> 
> So there is some truth to Word complaining when confronted with 
> OpenDocument v1.2 format files.
> 
>> It does have odd large bullets with the number "10" in the
>> bullet; that is so weird I've attached a screen shot.
> 
> So importing of v1.1 files is not perfect.
> 
> So the bottomline is this:
> 
> When sharing a document created by Org ODT exporter to MS Word
> users, it is good to add a note saying "Dont Panic" if MS Word
> complains about document corruption etc.

Well - there is more to it: I tried to open any of the two odt files,
and none opened on Mac (Office 2011). It seems Office 2011 for Mac (or
in general?) can not open odt files?

Cheers,

Rainer

> 
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Jambunathan K 
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Gary Oberbrunner <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> I don't have OpenOffice on this machine so can't check it
>>> there.
>> 
>> 
>> Using LibreOffice, I re-saved the file you shared to use 
>> OpenDocument-v1.1 format. Does Word import this file without 
>> errors?
>> 
>> Btw, the files created by the ODT exporter are marked as 1.2.
> 

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