MS incompatibility

[htimsk]

I wonder why LibreOffice is continually advertised across the Internet as being compatible with MS office, because I have had nothing but problems. I’m reaching out as a last ditch effort before buying MS office as I cannot be delayed by these apparent incompatibilities any longer. I was sent a document from someone who authored it in MS Word. My job was to review, edit, and implement peoples tracked changes.

For starters when I opened the document in LO Writer , half the images are missing, and the ones that do show have the aspect ratio changed. Second, I implement the suggested changes mentioned in the “track changes” comments and then delete that comment and save and close the document. However, when I reopen it the deleted comment is always back again. For this reason I had to finish the entire document at one sitting and save the document, but reopening still shows all the comments and the changes.

After I have restored/finished the document with all images to the correct aspect ratios and missing images/tables replaced, I emailed the document to myself and I tried to open the document with LO and again comments re-appear, some images and documents missing and others have skewed aspect ratios. I “saved-as” to a thumb drive and tried to open on my laptop with same LO version and still have the same problems.

This is beyond frustrating and while I hate to support the evil MicroShaft corporation… I originally recommended LO to my company as a good alternative to MS, but unless I can solve these problems I will probably have to suggest something else.

Any ideas?

[Grantler]

Read this!

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In collaboration with others always work on the same word processing program. Otherwise there will be losses in lay-out and/or contents, sometimes files get entirely corrupt.

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The problem is (read the mentioned tutorial) that conversion and reconversion cause differences, sometimes even instability and so on…

[Grantler]

htimsk wrote: I wonder why LibreOffice is continually advertised across the Internet as being compatible with MS office… My job was to review, edit, and implement peoples tracked changes.

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Compatibility does not mean 1:1 but mostly (!) readable and editable. Also other office suites offer 100% compatibility but neither grant nor gain it, e.g. Softmaker Office, WPS Office.

[AdmFubar]

Compatibility does not mean 1:1 but mostly (!) readable and editable. Also other office suites offer 100% compatibility but neither grant nor gain it, e.g. Softmaker Office, WPS Office.<<

One should include even between versions of the same office application can be incompatible.
MS Office it proprietary, and MS doesn’t have to make their office file formats accessible to to anyone if they so wish. That will lock you in to their office app and keep the profits rolling in.