Re: .pdf vs. .html

[Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl -at- LivernoisYards -dot- com>]

Edgar D' Souza wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Gary Schnabl
> <gSchnabl -at- livernoisyards -dot- com> wrote:
>   
>> OpenOffice works with  importing/exporting Word 2003 DOC files, but not
>> Word 2007 DOCX files without being first down-converted to a DOC file on
>> import, and losing whatever DOCX formatting and features introduced via
>> Word 2007.
>>     
>
> According to content on the Net, OpenOffice 3.1 is supposed to be able
> to handle DOCX files. However, Sarah Stegall has reported, on this
> list, having major problems with the master document feature in OOo
> Writer 3.1; that is supposed to be fixed in 3.2. If you don't use the
> master documents feature, you might want to try out OOo 3.1's support
> for DOCX.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed.
>   
AFAIK, OOo 3.2 (as "shipped") will not import or export DOCX files. 
There is no export (Save as...) for any DOCX file format, and I just 
tried opening a DOCX file for which I also had a DOC file. The DOCX file 
would not import, whereas its DOC version had no problems.

I have one of the most current developer's snapshot versions: OOo-dev 
3.2.0 DEV300m60 (Build:9425). Perhaps, there were some extensions for 
doing what you suggest is possible. However, I will take this up with 
the OOo community and find out for certain.

Gary
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