From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rainer M Krug Subject: Re: ODT export produces odt file which MS Word 2007 can't open Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:58:29 +0100 Message-ID: <52943885.2040907@krugs.de> References: <87a9gsvkab.fsf@gmail.com> <87d2loi9hs.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Rainer@krugs.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VlBfQ-0002zF-TY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:58:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VlBfM-0005bJ-Vp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:58:36 -0500 Received: from mail-we0-f171.google.com ([74.125.82.171]:34695) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VlBfM-0005ar-PS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:58:32 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id q58so4778401wes.2 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:58:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87d2loi9hs.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K , Gary Oberbrunner Cc: Orgmode Mailing List -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/25/13, 20:09 , Jambunathan K wrote: > Gary Oberbrunner 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 >> wrote: >> >> Gary Oberbrunner 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. > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSlDiEAAoJENvXNx4PUvmCba4H/0c6iLWrHVCQ2iS8VG8hg2xp jdcXjd59wUZBcf8unuybrMmLQvGglkbXycssG8bhTawlWCdSyXNKyILWOslnewEr NJxa5y9YbM4571iVIgyRtmadzNuVallESv82CjumYUZIPV0O9sBnXGFKZT/3bk3M 944QaWowEgSYlQVdmcQ45ZRG6fDFc1cqoH3bXd+9Tud7bpT8VEfKCcumfw0ZNRUL clOfpNHcX5G28Srcr+f2y3W7rNOOzcGCtKhO3874rtn4yyPFf7imCnDQroLegDWv dLAIDeKjgjzpO9aNBr2jZyROrd4eaf6enhs7cBD7eM6kSmsfyGrl0DLgGnjN4W8= =ZYlu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----