Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 4816
Table formatting messed up when importing from MS Word
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:41:36 UTC
This is by far the most frequent complaint our user support service has to hear. Some parameter of the tables changes during the transition from Word to Writer, distorting all formatting around the tables. It seems to happen even more so in document headers and footers -- or it is only so that they distort the document more. The attached file is a scary illustration to this, plus the problem that the gray area around the white "paper" of the document does not get properly redrawn in Writer when scrolling a document with form parts extending into this are.
Created attachment 1634 [details] A (zipped) MS Word document which shows up pretty badly in OpenOffice.org Writer
OOo hangs when trying to load the attached Word template ( that's what is inside the zip file ). When I loaded it in Word, it's a table with form controls inside the cell. This might be related to issue 4805.
Reassigned to Michael.
Document loads in RH 8.0, OOo 643C
The problem with the "grey fields" in the table wil be solved in OpenOffice 644. There we will use input fields to depict such fields from Word documents.
Still existing problem in Writer is, that it is not possible paragraph anchored grapphics and frames above/below the page margin. This makes the view look distorted. MRU->FT: I think this enhancement could be worth talking about.
*** Issue 8204 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Like many things with our table-in-writer import/export we need to put this on our want-to-have list for future table re-implementation in Writer. Changed this issue to Feature, though.
AMA: We need a compability flag about the frame positioning, if it's checked a frame/graphic is at the same page as its anchor even there is not enough space to assert the wished positioning and the page margin is allowed to be entered. If the flag is not set, such a frame will go to the next page.
Frame positioning ..
OD (05.09.2003): accepted. Have to allow negative positions of objects inside page margin.
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providing feature in internal cws swobjpos02
OD->MRU: Check in internal installation set of cws swobjpos02 - please verify.
assign to MRU
Checked fix with CWS swobjpos2.
Verified. Fix will be included in OO 2.0.
Checked integration in 680m30.