[libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-28 Thread Carole Edwards Caruso
I am using LibreOffice 4.3.0.4 with Windows 7. Until recently I have been saving my two column pages of text in rtf with no problems. I have been doing this for years with no problems. Now the program will only save this two column format as odt. I can no longer save in rtf and retain these c

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-28 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi Carole, I tried the following on Fedora Linux 4.3.1.2: * open a new document * format page to include 2 columns * populate the columns * save as .odt * Close and reopen - all good * Save the doc as .rtf * Close and reopen - not so good. The 2 columns are maintained but the contents

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-28 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi, Le 29/09/2014 04:26, Tim Lloyd a écrit : > > FYI I removed 4.3 and installed 4.1. The problem is not apparent with > the older version. I have some old versions stored away so I can drill > down and find when exactly this problem occurs and report to the > bugzilla (I can't see anything obvio

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Rtf is an old proprietary format that is no longer being developed by Microsoft. It might be worth writing to the InDesign people to see if they can start supporting ODF. ODF, is the only ISO format that is implemented consistently as specified in the ISO specifications. As such it is incr

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am copying some of the message back to the mailing list in the hope that someone can help with it. I think the answer is to create columns by using the menus Format - Columns The buttons/icons tend to be just for the simplest case possible. Regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 20:3

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-16 Thread Tim Lloyd
Hi All, this is a bug reported by Carole towards the end of September. The issue was where data in columns in rtf files was not stored correctly. For the record this bug has been fixed and will be release in 4.4.0. Cheers On 29/09/14 16:02, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Hi, Le 29/09/2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats on this and many thanks for letting all of us know about it!! I still think that Rtf is well worth avoiding if at all possible but sadly a whole load of people fell for MS's marketing. Even to this day there are people who believe in using it, despite the findings of the court case

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-20 Thread James Wilde
Wow! Seems we have a new religion here, added to the conflicts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland (calm at the moment) and Kashmir, not to mention the South China Sea. Can we agree that a) rtf is not an ISO standard and has never been; that b) most programs with a proprietary text format cou

Re: [libreoffice-users] rtf files

2014-11-20 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 20/11/2014 12:27, James Wilde wrote: > Can we agree that a) rtf is not an ISO standard and has never been; that b) > most programs with a proprietary text format could once save as rtf and some > still do, but now rarely as the only alternative and that c) it's not worth > fighting any more

[libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug?

2011-09-21 Thread Arkady
Hi all! There's a trouble opening simple RTF file in LO 3.4.2. It is opened, but it's rendering is incorrect. Same file is correctly opened by MSO 2010. May someone provide feedback on the issue? For reference: Image ofLO 3.4.2 with opened file 96.rtf http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/fil

Re: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug?

2011-09-21 Thread Tom Davies
Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 21/9/11, Arkady wrote: From: Arkady Subject: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug? To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 21 September, 2011, 17:02 Hi all! There's a trouble opening simple R

RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug?

2011-09-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
y, can you tell us how the RDF was produced? - Dennis -Original Message- From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:00 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 an

RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug?

2011-09-21 Thread Tom Davies
ple so that they can produce documents that look about the same to everyone.  Either that or use Pdf even tho most people can't edit them.  Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 21/9/11, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: From: Dennis E. Hamilton Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering

RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: huge differencies in LO 3.4.2 and MSO 2010 -- bug?

2011-09-21 Thread Tom Davies
l info that Doc would keep.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140277(v=office.10).aspx Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 21/9/11, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: From: Dennis E. Hamilton Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] RTF files rendering: hug