George Toft wrote:
> I've been using OO for years (the last two in support of a local bank)
> with very little difficulty reading word files. This one takes the cake.
>
> Have you tried to create a new newsletter in OO?
>
> George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
> AGD,LLC
> www.agdllc.com
> 623-203-1760
>
>
> Victor Odhner wrote:
>
>> I am blocked from using OO seriously because it seems
>> unable to import existing MS Word documents. You have
>> probably already noticed that I am good at breaking
>> software. My goal is just to start using OO for my
>> word processing, but that will include hacking on
>> documents from the Dark Side.
>>
>> Can anybody advise me what I might be doing wrong, in
>> trying to bring .doc files into OO? See the links
>> below. The PDFs show how they look in MS Word.
>> This is a church newsletter, which is a simple
>> publishing exercise. I'm sure OO can handle stuff a
>> *lot* more complex than this. ...
>>
>> This first example has a title and image on the first
>> page, but OO starts right out with the text. Then OO
>> puts the title at the top of the second page with a
>> place for the image, but I'm unable to view the image.
>> When I export this to PDF, no graphic goes along.
>> I have tried various views, and the page preview.
>> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxNews2004-12.doc>
>> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxNews2004-12.pdf>
>>
>> This one has calendar squares consisting of two table cells
>> with an invisible line in between. OO loses the top half
>> of each cell:
>> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxCalendar2004-12.doc>
>> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxCalendar2004-12.pdf>
>>
>> (OO always draws so many *lines* all over the page.
>> Can I get rid of those?)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Vic
>>
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I have seen this before, generally on leaflets and flyers. OO and SO do
fine on text, but when it comes to graphics, clipart and text boxes, the
size seems to change when converting from .doc to .sxw format. In my
experience, resizing the various boxes on the document manually fixes
the problem.
I don't blame OO for this, I blame M$ for their relentless use of
proprietary garbage in order to create just such problems.
--
Lee Einer
Dos Manos Jewelry
http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
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