Re: [tdf-discuss] Do not support writing to OOXML format

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Paul Gress <pgress@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 12/30/10 08:09 PM, Carl Symons wrote:
> > > > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=2493&p=169740#p169507
> > > >
> > > > > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101219121621828
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ; Unless this changes I will strongly advocate in the support groups
> > > > > >  I
> > > > > > participate the people stay with OpenOffice.org and not switch to
> > > > > >  LibreOffice.
> >
> > One minor point here...OOo also supports writing to docx format.
>
> I checked my OOo, dev m95 (3.4), it doesn't support save as "docx" and 3.3
> rc8 (3.3 m18) also doesn't support "docx" in save as.  What version are you
> using that supports docx?
>
> From standard Kubuntu 10.10 repositories...

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1
OOO320m19 (Build:9505)
ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1

Screenshot attached.


> Also, for what it's worth, saving as a docx to me is a bad idea.  I've
> imported doc files extensively in the past, straightened them out to view
> properly, saved as an odt, then saved as a doc again only to find some
> different formatting doesn't come out correctly with the doc.  I suspect
> docx will be worse.  I have got many people in the past to convert to OOo.
>  I will now promote them to Libreoffice.  I cannot move over myself as I use
> Solaris 11 Express (similar to Opensolaris) which there is no port.
>
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