[tdf-discuss] Re: LO and WORD styles

Le 01/03/14 08:25 PM, edo1 a écrit :
> This question has been touched upon for previous versions of LO but I'd like
> to double check for ver. 4.2.0.4 I'm using. I'm planning to do a book
> layout, using styles, collaboratively with a distant colleague. The problem
> is she knows little about styles, works in MS Word 2013, and usually saves
> files in.docx format. (I'm urging .doc on her.) I myself am unfamiliar with
> MS Word styles and don't know how compatible they are with LO styles. So,
> will there be a problem of styles colliding, and what's the best way we can
> avoid that? Thanks, edo1
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This seems like such a large undertaking to worry about such 
compatibility. I wonder if it would not be better to suggest to her to 
try to install LibreOffice and you could then just send her the start of 
your book with styles included and see if she could manage with 
LibreOffice? At least one of you would be familiar enough of styles to 
make it work without having to struggle to make the styles works with 
MSOffice.

I really doubt that she will be lost with LibreOffice menus, she will 
find the menu system at least familiar enough for her to work with the 
software. The learning curve for LibreOffice is really not that steep to 
start, then she can catch-up with your mentoring of use of styles.

Cheers,

Marc

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