[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenOffice - winword formatting error issues -- depends on direction

[terry]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> terry wrote:  
> 
>>I tend to believe Linc Fessenden's workaround is probably best, Word 
>>95 format may be the most compatible, less confusing and easiest .doc 
>>format to work with.
> 
> 
> It all depends on the direction you are moving the document.
> 
> - From MS Word:  Export as DOC 7.0 (Word 95)
> 

Correction:
I think Word 95 is version 6.0
(rather than 7.0)

> If you are moving a document _from_ MS Word for Windows to anything
> else, DOC 7.0 (Word 95) is best.  Trying to export as RTF will only
> result in "bastard" DOC format masquerading as RTF, especially in
> newer MS Word versions.
> 
> - To MS Word:  Might as well answer as "Ben Dover"  ;-ppp
> 
> If you are moving a document _to_ MS Word for Windows, then you'll
> run into data alignment issues.  MS Word for Windows, especially older
> versions, use block record reads.  This means major portions of DOC
> can be lost because it's hard to predict what the _specific_ subrevsion
> of MS Word expects the alignment to be.
> 
> If the formatting is not export using RTF so MS Word for Windows must
> read it byte-by-byte.  If the format is complex, well, have a nice day
> Mr. Dover.  ;-ppp
> 
> 


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