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Subject: Re: ODT export produces odt file which MS Word 2007 can't open
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Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> 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.

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Jambunathan K
> <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> 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.