RTF issues

[Bob Self <dr...@gmail.com>]

Regina,
The issues with saving to RTF with the latest version of Open Office
have made it "Un-Useable" !
and it has worked so wonderfully on previous versions!

the page break codes no longer work
the assigned page numbers no longer work
apostrophe's and dashes now become oriental symbols

there may be other issues, but these are consistent
and make it impossible for me to use my notes

is there any chance we can get these codes repaired to what they have 
been for many years?

-- 
Be Blessed,
Dr. Robert E. Self
Senior Pastor - Living Word Church Jasper, GA

Re: RTF issues

[Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>]

Hi Bob,

it is about https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120173
We had that problem already here. See my mail with subject "Problem with 
page break in export to rtf" from 2012-07-11.

Kind regards
Regina


Rob Weir schrieb:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Bob Self schrieb:
>>
>>> Regina,
>>> The issues with saving to RTF with the latest version of Open Office
>>> have made it "Un-Useable" !
>>> and it has worked so wonderfully on previous versions!
>>>
>>> the page break codes no longer work
>>> the assigned page numbers no longer work
>>> apostrophe's and dashes now become oriental symbols
>>>
>>> there may be other issues, but these are consistent
>>> and make it impossible for me to use my notes
>>>
>>> is there any chance we can get these codes repaired to what they have
>>> been for many years?
>>
>>
>> Currently there are no intentions to change it back. Both methods give valid
>> RTF files. AOO (and LibreOffice) define a page break as property of a
>> paragraph. That is reflected in the RTF now. The old way corresponds to a
>> page break, which is created by inserting a special character.
>>
>> I have no solution for you. Using old OpenOffice.org versions is not
>> recommended, because they do not contain all security fixes. Perhaps someone
>> else has an idea that helps you.
>>
>
> What is the issue? Is the issue with us reading old (incorrect) RTF
> documents?  Or is the problem with a 3rd party application that
> doesn't like our new (correct) RTF?
>
> Is this something that the user could "fix", if needed, with a simple
> sed command?
>
> -Rob
>
>> Kind regards
>> Regina
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: RTF issues

[Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Bob Self schrieb:
>
>> Regina,
>> The issues with saving to RTF with the latest version of Open Office
>> have made it "Un-Useable" !
>> and it has worked so wonderfully on previous versions!
>>
>> the page break codes no longer work
>> the assigned page numbers no longer work
>> apostrophe's and dashes now become oriental symbols
>>
>> there may be other issues, but these are consistent
>> and make it impossible for me to use my notes
>>
>> is there any chance we can get these codes repaired to what they have
>> been for many years?
>
>
> Currently there are no intentions to change it back. Both methods give valid
> RTF files. AOO (and LibreOffice) define a page break as property of a
> paragraph. That is reflected in the RTF now. The old way corresponds to a
> page break, which is created by inserting a special character.
>
> I have no solution for you. Using old OpenOffice.org versions is not
> recommended, because they do not contain all security fixes. Perhaps someone
> else has an idea that helps you.
>

What is the issue? Is the issue with us reading old (incorrect) RTF
documents?  Or is the problem with a 3rd party application that
doesn't like our new (correct) RTF?

Is this something that the user could "fix", if needed, with a simple
sed command?

-Rob

> Kind regards
> Regina
>
>
>

Re: RTF issues

[Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>]

Hi Bob,

Bob Self schrieb:
> Regina,
> The issues with saving to RTF with the latest version of Open Office
> have made it "Un-Useable" !
> and it has worked so wonderfully on previous versions!
>
> the page break codes no longer work
> the assigned page numbers no longer work
> apostrophe's and dashes now become oriental symbols
>
> there may be other issues, but these are consistent
> and make it impossible for me to use my notes
>
> is there any chance we can get these codes repaired to what they have
> been for many years?

Currently there are no intentions to change it back. Both methods give 
valid RTF files. AOO (and LibreOffice) define a page break as property 
of a paragraph. That is reflected in the RTF now. The old way 
corresponds to a page break, which is created by inserting a special 
character.

I have no solution for you. Using old OpenOffice.org versions is not 
recommended, because they do not contain all security fixes. Perhaps 
someone else has an idea that helps you.

Kind regards
Regina