Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21354
Vertical Frame displacement in .doc
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
In the application for state employment in Texas (enclosed) which consists of a lot of frames, their position does not correspond when displayed in Word or OOo Writer. First frame, right under the seal of Texas is markedly longer and the word "rules" is repeated twice. Frame 2 on the left, containing text with bullets, is lacking the last one, "Be sure to sign and date when completed." line. Same frame is definitely broader in OOo Writer than in my copy of Word97. In the same leftmost column OOo displays much smaller interframe spaces and the biggest frame is much longer than in Word. Text in the right column, third frame, "Begin with your current or last position..." is displayed and printed much smaller in OOo Writer than in Word. Last but not least, shading overall is displayed in a much grosser pattern (see the last frame with the text "Submitted applications become...") which decreases readability. Also, the seal of Texas is noticeably cornier when both printed and onscreen, compared to the output of the Word.
Created attachment 10402 [details] Word doc where frames are displaced in Writer
reassigned to mru
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Created attachment 10699 [details] Screenshot in Word XP, easier for developer to review
I can Reproduce the problem on OpenOffice 1.1 (default Install, US), Win XP Pro Sp1. (And MS Office XP Sp2). It is real problem as described by reporter. and also we can look at the screenshot from word XP which I attach in this Issue, to see the different, screenshot taken in Word XP.
Frame mislacement on page two is due to the fact, that Writer is not capable of having negative value for vertical frame position. This will be solved for OO 2.0. the word "Rules" is available twice in the mentioned frame. You can see this when opening the doc with MS Word make the frame a bit wider. MRU->AMA: The text in the frame beginning "These instructions..." does not fit into the frame, because Writer and Word have a different behaviour regarding spcing to content. Word expands the frame when having internal margin, Writer doesn't. Also the text in the frame beginning "Employment rules..." looks much more narrow than in WW, though it has the same properties. But this is because of the different calculation of the "Small Caps" size ("Kapitälchen" in German).
AMA: The negative positioning of frames is already in progress. Inside the mentioned frame we have a different line spacing. Improvement is planned for the OOo 2.0 as well (issue 20195). The "small caps" we've to investigate a little bit to find a solution. A question for Caolan: The size of the bullets is different?! It looks like different algorithmns to determine which size is used. If you contact FME, he knows our algorithmn, you know the attributes of the original document, so may be you find a solution.
Will be done for successor of OO 2.0.
I mark this one as Fixed due to the fix for Problem "Misplaced frame with text "Submitted applications become public "" and because of the difficulties to handle Bug Reports concerning multiple bugs <http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/HowToFileIssue>. For remaining problems demonstrated by the sample document I will submit additional Bugs, soon.