When converting an .odt to .doc or .docx the formatting and the footnotes get messed up. How can I prevent it?

I use Ubuntu 12.04 and LibreOffice 3.5.7.2.

Would upgrading to 3.6.7 or 4.0.4.2 be a solution?

The doc and docx filters have been updated in more recent versions of Libreoffice.

To install it on Ubuntu 12.04, it’s best to add a PPA. For the latest version at time of writing (4.1), open a terminal and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1

followed by

sudo apt-get update

and finally

sudo apt-get upgrade

If this does not upgrade libreoffice then type

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

You now have a shiny Libreoffice 4.1 installed. Test your doc and docx exports and hope the problems are solved.