On Sun Jan 23 2011 14:03:14 GMT-0800 (PST) Tim Johnson wrote:
* Barbara Duprey <b...@onr.com> [110123 12:58]:
On 1/23/2011 1:32 PM, RA Brown wrote:
On Sun Jan 23 2011 11:00:33 GMT-0800 (PST) Tim Johnson wrote:
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So to ask the first question:
Why are separate page styles not being saved?
NOTE: This document is subject to very strict standards by the
recipient.
thanks
First, what format are you saving the file as. ODT or DOC? If the
later that is the problem as OOo does not inport or export to DOC with
100% fidelity and some things get lost in the translation.
Good catch, Andy! Tim, Word (at least prior to Office 2007, and therefore
in the .doc format; not sure about the newer formats) has no concept of
page styles, so that aspect of OOo can't be carried from .odt into .doc,
and therefore is not there when you reopen the file in Writer (when there
is again a conversion into .odt while Writer is working on the file). So
you should stay with .odt until you send the document off. If they accept
.pdf files, that will be the most reliable way to make sure they see what
you do. Otherwise, you might want to get the free viewer from Microsoft
so you can check the .doc file, since they're so strict about the
formatting.
:) To make a long story short, the solution was reached by
first saving to an .odt format. We found then that we could
save the finished product retaining the desired formatting.
Now: I am trying to figure out how to delete all but the
first 3 pages..... on vim all I have to do is type `vgox'
<blush> couldn't resist that one.
thanks again and good tip on the pdf format
My offer still stands.
Andy
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