Compatibility from MS Word 2007 to LibreOffice Writer
Hi NMGLUG folks, How can a file from MS Word 2007 retain formatting while editing in LibreOffice Writer? DETAILS I have a .docx file which is a short book which I wrote in MS Word 2007. Most of the doc is in a 2-column layout. I have a Table of Contents, which uses the "Styles" feature. I opened the file in LibreOffice Writer and saved as .odt. Now, when I update the Table of Contents, I lose some formatting, and it's all a mess. Any ideas? I'm using LibreOffice 5.2.7.2 I found this article https://office-watch.com/2017/libreoffice-5-4-ms-office-document-compatibili... Thoughts? (By the way, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes to help novices like me.) -- I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/
LeRoy, maybe try leaving it in docx format. Try to find some in person help where you are so they can see the issue. I usually tell people to write the text and format after it is all done. I am not familiar with publisher format requirements. Good luck, Ted P. On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:30 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightside.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
How can a file from MS Word 2007 retain formatting while editing in LibreOffice Writer?
DETAILS I have a .docx file which is a short book which I wrote in MS Word 2007. Most of the doc is in a 2-column layout. I have a Table of Contents, which uses the "Styles" feature. I opened the file in LibreOffice Writer and saved as .odt. Now, when I update the Table of Contents, I lose some formatting, and it's all a mess.
Any ideas?
I'm using LibreOffice 5.2.7.2 I found this article
https://office-watch.com/2017/libreoffice-5-4-ms-office-document-compatibili...
Thoughts?
(By the way, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes to help novices like me.) -- I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
Maybe save it with a different name in .docx and see if the formatting returns to something closer to the original? On 10/24/19 11:12 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
LeRoy, maybe try leaving it in docx format. Try to find some in person help where you are so they can see the issue. I usually tell people to write the text and format after it is all done. I am not familiar with publisher format requirements. Good luck, Ted P.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:30 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightside.com <mailto:leroy@choosetherightside.com>> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
How can a file from MS Word 2007 retain formatting while editing in LibreOffice Writer?
DETAILS I have a .docx file which is a short book which I wrote in MS Word 2007. Most of the doc is in a 2-column layout. I have a Table of Contents, which uses the "Styles" feature. I opened the file in LibreOffice Writer and saved as .odt. Now, when I update the Table of Contents, I lose some formatting, and it's all a mess.
Any ideas?
I'm using LibreOffice 5.2.7.2 I found this article https://office-watch.com/2017/libreoffice-5-4-ms-office-document-compatibili...
Thoughts?
(By the way, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes to help novices like me.) -- I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoyDiener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ <http://www.leroydiener.com/> _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org <mailto:nmglug@lists.nmglug.org> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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Try this article: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-save-libreoffice-files-in-microsoft-ms- office-format-4684739 On Thu, 2019-10-24 at 12:52 -0600, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
Maybe save it with a different name in .docx and see if the formatting returns to something closer to the original? On 10/24/19 11:12 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
LeRoy, maybe try leaving it in docx format. Try to find some in person help where you are so they can see the issue. I usually tell people to write the text and format after it is all done. I am not familiar with publisher format requirements. Good luck, Ted P.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:30 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightsid e.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
How can a file from MS Word 2007 retain formatting while editing in LibreOffice Writer?
DETAILS I have a .docx file which is a short book which I wrote in MS Word 2007. Most of the doc is in a 2-column layout. I have a Table of Contents, which uses the "Styles" feature. I opened the file in LibreOffice Writer and saved as .odt. Now, when I update the Table of Contents, I lose some formatting, and it's all a mess.
Any ideas?
I'm using LibreOffice 5.2.7.2 I found this article https://office-watch.com/2017/libreoffice-5-4-ms-office-document- compatibility/
Thoughts?
(By the way, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes to help novices like me.) -- I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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i usually work and save in .RTF i find it tends to be more portable. but im not serious into desktop publishing or do a lot of fancy formatting. On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 4:33 PM <leopoldo@maciasnetwork.com> wrote:
Try this article: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-save-libreoffice-files-in-microsoft-ms- office-format-4684739 <https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-save-libreoffice-files-in-microsoft-ms-office-format-4684739>
On Thu, 2019-10-24 at 12:52 -0600, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
Maybe save it with a different name in .docx and see if the formatting returns to something closer to the original? On 10/24/19 11:12 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
LeRoy, maybe try leaving it in docx format. Try to find some in person help where you are so they can see the issue. I usually tell people to write the text and format after it is all done. I am not familiar with publisher format requirements. Good luck, Ted P.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:30 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightsid e.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
How can a file from MS Word 2007 retain formatting while editing in LibreOffice Writer?
DETAILS I have a .docx file which is a short book which I wrote in MS Word 2007. Most of the doc is in a 2-column layout. I have a Table of Contents, which uses the "Styles" feature. I opened the file in LibreOffice Writer and saved as .odt. Now, when I update the Table of Contents, I lose some formatting, and it's all a mess.
Any ideas?
I'm using LibreOffice 5.2.7.2 I found this article https://office-watch.com/2017/libreoffice-5-4-ms-office-document- compatibility/
Thoughts?
(By the way, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who contributes to help novices like me.) -- I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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Adric writes:
i usually work and save in .RTF i find it tends to be more portable. but im not serious into desktop publishing or do a lot of fancy formatting.
What editor do you use for RTF? I haven't had much luck even finding decent RTF viewers on Linux, let alone editors. I wrote my last book in Markdown, edited in Emacs and previewed in ReText. Getting from Markdown to docx while preserving formatting and images turned out to be a several-step process, but I only needed that when I was ready to submit a chapter. It was better than trying to write while fighting with LibreOffice, and the resulting DOCX looked nice and apparently worked well enough on the publisher's end. But it sounded like the original poster needed fancier formatting than either Markdown or RTF can offer. Maybe it was even formatting that .ODT doesn't have, which might explain why saving as ODT then reading it back in didn't work. ...Akkana
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