tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post2530272959705164514..comments2023-09-22T20:06:41.491+02:00Comments on Lodahl's blog: Best new feature in LibreOffice 4.1?Leif Lodahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960229448622236930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-20331358101340578952013-06-12T10:45:23.791+02:002013-06-12T10:45:23.791+02:00@Mikeyy
The statement about OOXML fixes coming mo...@Mikeyy<br /><br />The statement about OOXML fixes coming mostly from AOO is obviously incorrect. AOO cannot even export to OOXML, so how could possibly a majority of OOXML fixes come from it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-52334310329682883372013-06-11T20:59:15.622+02:002013-06-11T20:59:15.622+02:00Every time I see something saying that compatibili...Every time I see something saying that compatibility with DOC/DOCX has been improved, I get hopeful that a particular nine-year-old bug is finally being squashed: <br /><br />But no, highlighting will still break in 4.1 when you touch a Word document in Writer per https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37540<br /><br />The amazing improvements to commenting/track changes have addressed one John Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-53976052764589743652013-06-11T10:30:34.781+02:002013-06-11T10:30:34.781+02:00I agree that DOC/RTF/OOXML compatibility is the ke...I agree that DOC/RTF/OOXML compatibility is the key factor to being considered by most ordinary people a true alternative to MS Office. <br />Another being the load time - I don't know why LO/AOO takes so long to load (is it java?) in comparison to MS Office. At least MSO 2003 edition which I keep using for professional format compatibility and VBA macros sake. The new versions of MS don'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-61881341645716908722013-06-10T23:16:38.579+02:002013-06-10T23:16:38.579+02:00@Mikeyy:
I checked again the LibreOffice git log...@Mikeyy: <br /><br />I checked again the LibreOffice git log and I cannot confirm your statement that most fixes stem from Apache developers. Yes, there are many, but also many from LibreOffice developers. Hence, I would say, LibreOffice/TDF makes significant progress here. <br />I agree with you that OOXML support needs to be improved. <br />By the way, the improvements payed by Munich and otherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-15353533035480105742013-06-10T21:08:32.909+02:002013-06-10T21:08:32.909+02:00Although I like everyone using ODF instead of all ...Although I like everyone using ODF instead of all the MS DOCX/PPTX/XLSX, it is of fundamental importance to read and write these formats in an academic or professional environment. <br /><br />From my experience, the fidelity of OOXML formats is still much worse than for the old binary .doc/.xls/.ppt formats. However, these are disappearing more and more. <br /><br />Improvements on this area areAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-66584213820721929392013-06-10T17:54:09.836+02:002013-06-10T17:54:09.836+02:00Yes, those are mine favorite bugfixes / features a...Yes, those are mine favorite bugfixes / features also, but TDF just isn't interested in making major improvement in that area.<br /><br />Most of those fixes came from Apache OpenOffice (IBM Symphony). As an LibreOffice supporter I'm happy that LO can import bugfixes from AOO, but I'm sad that TDF isn't making any significant progress in that area.<br /><br />If you are third Mikeyynoreply@blogger.com