what format to use in office 2000 to export to OO.

jabka · 08-03-2006, 12:26 PM

H0wdy,...
I'd like to export office 2000 documents that lots of function in them (math expresions not macro).

i tried using rtf but all the functionts went away,

pljvaldez · 08-03-2006, 12:55 PM

Did you try just opening the documents as is with Open Office?

jabka · 08-03-2006, 01:26 PM

i didn't understand your enswer so :
if you meen saving as doc and then trieng to open the with OO :
all function are looking really funney.
the numbers are above the letters (so you can't read the exprations).
also any aligment (like RTL=right to left) will be messed up (rtl will become ltr)

sorry for bad english

pljvaldez · 08-03-2006, 01:33 PM

That's what I meant. Many times OO can handle native docs okay. But looks like this time doesn't work so well. I don't have Office 2000 anymore. But I would look at what types of documents OO can import and what types of docs Office can export and see if there's any others that match up...

jabka · 08-03-2006, 03:24 PM

I had noticed that if i open formula for editing the problems go away :
here is an example :
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/871/afterfq3.png

you can that the first two lines are gr8.
how can i make this effect on all formulas on a page (execpt opening all of them)

ErrorBound · 08-03-2006, 04:44 PM

Got LaTeX?

I threw out equation editor once I tried that.

robbbert · 08-04-2006, 07:28 AM

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how can i make this effect on all formulas on a page (execpt opening all of them)

By recording and extending a macro?

colinstu · 08-06-2006, 04:13 PM

Just use the .doc format (MS Office's main format). OOo can open .doc

robbbert · 08-06-2006, 05:10 PM

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OOo can open .doc

More info above... Listen more carefully...

colinstu · 08-07-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by robbbert

More info above... Listen more carefully...

What? The formulas? Yea, it should be able to open (guessing). Saving it in RTF, txt, or that other stuff will loose the formulas, .doc should keep em.

robbbert · 08-07-2006, 03:25 PM

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[OpenOffice] should be able to open .doc [files of any Microsoft Word version without loss]

Obviously, OpenOffice is not able to do so in every case.

- Mainly, that's because Microsoft hasn't published what can be contained in a .doc file, and how such files are structured, exactly.

Large portions of OpenOffice's (and other tools's) abilities to open .doc files are due to reverse engineering and just applying heuristics.

That's why there is an urgent need (and a strong trend) to use standardized (= publically documented) and interoperable Office document formats, instead.

- Here's some further information on that issue.

hand of fate · 08-08-2006, 06:59 AM

Basically the Word document loads fine in OOo, but the embedded formulae don't. Is that right?

What program were the formulae written with? If it's MathType (or the stripped down version of MathType that's bundled with MS Office) then have you tried changing the inport/export options? I've never been entirely sure what these options do, but it might be worth trying.