Issue 21093 - Word-Import/-Export: problem with text within one line left- and right-aligned
Summary: Word-Import/-Export: problem with text within one line left- and right-aligned
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: michael.ruess
QA Contact: issues@sw
URL:
Keywords: ms_interoperability, oooqa
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-10-12 18:10 UTC by norbert2
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Developer Difficulty: ---

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left-right.zip (8.98 KB, application/octet-stream)
2003-10-12 18:11 UTC, norbert2 		no flags Details
other file for testing left right problem saved in MS word (5.08 KB, application/octet-stream)
2003-10-13 07:52 UTC, utomo99 		no flags Details
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Description norbert2 2003-10-12 18:10:55 UTC 
In the writer its possible to have text within one line left- and right-aligned, 
if it is seperated by a tab. (Document 1 of attached ZIP.)
But If I save such a file as .doc-file, close it and re-open it, it is not left- 
and right-aligned anymore. First I thought this is because MS-Office does not 
support this feature. But If I re-save this document in the .sxw-format it still 
cannot be done as described. (Document 2 of attached ZIP.) Now I have to copy 
the content by copy&paste into a new document to make this feature working 
again!
Comment 1 norbert2 2003-10-12 18:11:32 UTC 
Created attachment 10237 [details]
left-right.zip
Comment 2 askoning 2003-10-12 20:36:36 UTC 
I cannot confirm... neither with a new document nor with the attached
file (it saves and reopens fine).
Might there be any other settings influencing this behaviour?

- ASK
Comment 3 utomo99 2003-10-13 07:51:21 UTC 
I can Reproduce the problem on 
OpenOffice 1.1 (default Install, US), Win XP Pro Sp1. 
(And MS Office XP Sp2). 
It is real problem

to reproduce:
open the left-right
save as word 
open in MS word. 
all is in right side, including when it is opned using OOo
Comment 4 utomo99 2003-10-13 07:52:53 UTC 
Created attachment 10247 [details]
other file for testing left right problem saved in MS word
Comment 5 mci 2003-10-15 15:30:21 UTC 
reassigned to mru
Comment 6 mci 2003-10-15 15:48:50 UTC 
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Comment 7 michael.ruess 2003-10-16 13:52:42 UTC 
I'll explain, what's happening: On export, the behaviour Word has with
this formatting, is emulated. Go to Word and enter the Tab like you
did in Writer before - you'll see, that the text won't expand to the
left and right of the line.
Responsible for that emulation is the compatibility option "Align
tabstop position" in "Tools.Options.Text Document.General". This is
always activated (must be) when Word documents are imported.
As you can see, there is nothing to fix for Writer. Word behaves
differently, Writer is eble to emulate Word's behaviour.
Comment 8 michael.ruess 2003-10-16 13:53:16 UTC 
Closed, because Writer cannot handle this in a better way.
Comment 9 norbert2 2003-10-16 17:46:28 UTC 
But if I save such a document as .sxw there should be a possibility 
to enable this function!
Comment 10 norbert2 2003-10-16 17:48:16 UTC 
changed issue type to feature
Comment 11 michael.ruess 2003-10-17 08:38:33 UTC 
Yes, that's what I wrote above. Use thejOption from
"Tools.Options.Text Document.General" to emulate Word's behaviour in
an .sxw document. Is that, what you are looking for?.
BTW: sometimes you need to enter a character when you have enabled the
option, because the re-formatting of the document is not started
aiimmediately. This will be fixed in OO 2.0.
Comment 12 norbert2 2003-10-17 20:09:31 UTC 
Thanks for this info!
Comment 13 norbert2 2003-10-17 20:12:02 UTC 
Thanks for this info!