SO 8 Win & OOo 2.0 B Linux
Note: This post probably has to do with issues of incompatibility which go beyond Writer.
For a long while, I have used SO 7 on both Windows 98 SE and Mandrake Linux 10.1. No trouble, in either, reading files written on the other: except that some founts behaved differently in the two and (probably as a result) column widths in spreadsheets changed. Some months back I installed OOo 2 Beta in the Mandrake partition. No trouble reading or writing or converting SO 7 files. Around a week ago, I downloaded and installed SO 8 in Windows. On more than one occasion, I was unable to quit the program and had to do a CTL-ALT-DEL. When I re-started the program, the file recovery dialogue would come up. On the two occasions on which I tried to send reports by e-mail, all came crashing down; but if I chose another option, all was well.
But this post is concerned more with what seems to be an incompatibility between SO 8 and OOo, possibly caused by the fact that I have the two on different operating systems. When I copy *.ODT files from Windows SO 8 to Mandrake and open them in OOo, I find the formatting drastically changed: the fount is different, centred matter is left aligned, the margins are re-set (specially the right margin, which is zero). I have not so far tested more than the simplest text. Does ODT have two different meanings?
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payasam] at [2007-11-25 23:09:05]
# 1
My setup is opposite to yours: SO8 on two Xandros Linux (deb-based) machines, and OOo2 (not beta) on my office Win2K.
Files move back and forth perfectly for me (though the default formatting sometimes differs so some touchup is needed; I just haven't changed the defaults on my machines yet). I compose exams and quizzes on this home Linux machine, ship them off to work, and open them there in Win2K with nary a thought.
A friend who's getting his Linux feet wet with Mandrake is reporting some trouble getting OOo2 running. I bet your trouble is either there, or simply a matter of different default paragraph formats, etc.
# 2
You've lost your bet, John. Send me a cheque or gold bars or whatever.
By itself, the OOo2 I have runs perfectly; and, as I said, it has no trouble with SO 7 files. I have changed the defaults, which is always the first thing I do, and they are the same everywhere.
I didn't know that the final OOo2 was out. Must take a look.
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# 3
Rats! Well, I had too many gold bars lying around here anyway.
My friend's experience with OOo/Mandrake, and my lack of trouble with SO8/OOo/Xandros, still suggest there's something unique or specific to the Mandrake installation, but it's been several years since I used that distribution.
Hope you get it figured out. Let us know the solution.
# 4
Don't know, John, if Mandrake is involved in any way. I have other programs on both Win 98 SE and MDK, and files move this way and that without trouble. I've downloaded the final OOo 2 and installed it (after removing the beta, although I didn't have to), but have still to configure it. If the same trouble recurs, then I'm in, well, trouble.
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