Re: [tdf-discuss] Old Bugs

[Charles Marcus <CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com>]

On 2010-11-02 11:48 AM, Peter Rodwell wrote:
> There are two reasons why I have just paid money to upgrade to Office
> 2010 instead of switching to OO/LO:
> 
> 1. Complete file compatibility. I frequently handle documents with
> very complex formatting. These come from my clients, all of whom use
> MS Office. I translate and edit the documents and return them. They
> *must* retain 100% of the original formatting. So far this has not
> been the case with Oo.

Of course there are formatting problems with OOo when opening some MSO
documents... but, in my experience, OOo has *less* formatting problems
across all different versions of MSO than MSO itself does.

In other words, Office 2010 *will* have formatting problems with
documents in older versions... and OOo often does a *better* job in many
of those cases.

What I would like to see is a web form/system dedicated solely to
improving the LibO <> MSO filters - ie, for reporting problem documents.
Just a text box for describing the problem, and a 'Browse' button to
locate the file for upload...

> 2. Search and replace. I work with large documents, often 400+ pages.
> As I'm translating, I usually come across a word or phrase that I
> know will be repeated throughout the document so I search and replace
> it to avoid having to type it continuously. I do this *dozens* of
> times a day. MS Word leaves me where I was when I did the S/R so that
> I can continue working. Oo leaves me at the point of the last replace
> so I have to manually go back to where I was. I know of many people
> for whom this is a dealbreaker -- they won't move to Oo/LO until this
> is fixed.

Sounds like a good candidate for an extension...

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Best regards,

Charles

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