Try starting the document in .doc format from the beginning, always using version 97/2000/XP/2003 since that is most compatible. You can set this permanently in the options. We have found this solves many of the translation issues, and results in a great impression on users, instead of frustration as you experience now Once LibreOffice can interoperate seamlessly, absolutely perfectly with MS Office, then everyone will use LibreOffice and MS Office will go away. And then we can all use open document formats all the time. Unfortunately not before. "Embrace and replace". On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 12:56 -0400, swfiua [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com wrote: > My son is using Ubuntu and libreoffice to write school assignments. > > Unfortunately, he is running into a couple of bugs, such as this one: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50286 > > When documents are saved as .doc and then opened with Word the formatting > is frequently messed up. The libreoffice guys are doing a great job > trying to deal with issues such as this, but it is a very tough battle to > get things just right. > > His teachers insist on assignments being handed in in .doc format. > Further, at least one of them will not even listen to his explanations of > why formatting is messed up and won't look at the hard copy he has for them > which has everything just fine. The end result is that he is getting > marks deducted for using libreoffice. > > I took a look at the school website and the Ottawa Carleton School Board > site and cannot find any information on policies for school assignments. > > I am going to be writing to the principal at the school to explain the > situation and hoping to get some understanding there. > > Meanwhile, I am wondering if anyone on the list here is aware of what the > policies at Ottawa schools actually are and if anyone has previously > brought this issue up with the school board. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Bill Stewart, CEO http://CirrusComputing.com/ wstewart [ at ] cirruscomputing [ dot ] com 1-613-796-8529