On 2011-05-10 11:37, Tom Davies wrote:
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> From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Sent: Mon, 9 May, 2011 20:51:44
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read
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> On 9/05/11 8:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
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>>>> Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box,
>>>> but that is a valid MSO docx feature?
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>>> It would appear so.
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>>>> Stupid or not, that is how people are creating
>>>> documents
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>> I just tried google docs with my faulty .docx. Google .docx imports were
>> quite good at one time, but even all that might can't manage my .docx.
>> I'm betting the format has changed to thwart competitors efforts at
>> compatibility.
>> steve
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>> HI :)
>> It only seems to be text inside a text-box that is being difficult at the
>> moment.  When a document is written normally it translates easily but for 
>> some
>> reason a few people have suddenly started defaulting to using text-boxes
>> unnecessarily.
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
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> Hi.
> Its not just text in a box. I have had problems with charts and may be 
> tables and lines and annotations from docx.
> 2 screen snaps attached for Tom showing something I don't really want 
> bandied about in public that won't import and which google docs garbles.
> steve
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> Hi :)
> Yes :(  All sorts of boxes with text in them could be affected.  This looks 
> like 
> the same problem.  Is there a bug-report about this that can be added to?  
> Text 
> out-side of boxes seems fine.  Pictures seem fine although possibly just 
> moved 
> around a little.
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> I think annotations is a separate bug-report.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
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> PS That was kinda semi-confidential.  There were no clues about locations 
> (even 
> to the nearest hemisphere), time, dates (to the nearest decade), or even 
> events 
> & all best kept that way.
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By annotations I meant drawing objects like lines and arrows and blocks
of text.
I don't recall having any problem with docx prior to the organisation
who sends me docx upgrading to Office 2010, so that may be a distinction.
steve

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