[ODFPlugtest] MSO [warns about] LO files - 2010 SP1 Info

[robert_weir at us.ibm.com]

Thanks, Dennis.

We really need to have a Plugfest in Seattle some time!

-Rob


plugtest-bounces at opendocsociety.org wrote on 06/30/2011 03:48:19 PM:

> I thought someone asked whether Office 2010 SP1 behaved any 
> differently.  I can't find a message here, so I suppose it was on 
> Twitter or somewhere.
> 
> I just installed Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 SP1 
> (Version 14.6023.1000 32-bit) on Windows 7 64-bit.
> 
>  1. WORD 2010 SP1
> 
>  1.1 The first message from Word on a file from LibreOffice 3.4.0 
> Writer was "The file ... cannot be opened because there are problems
> with the contents.  The detail is "The file is corrupted and cannot 
> be opened."
> 
>  1.2 If OK is clicked, there is "Word found unreadable content in 
> ... .  Do you want to recover the contents of this document?  If you
> trust the source of this document, click Yes."
> 
>  1.3 The document will open just fine.
> 
>  1.4 For those who say the result does then not pass validation, I 
> wonder if the validator is not validating for ODF 1.1 (what Word 
> 2010 produces) or is there something more interesting?
> 
>  2. EXCEL 2010 SP1
> 
> I tried a different file from LibreOffice 3.4.0 Calc, and had this 
> report from Excel:
> 
>  2.1 The first message is the (1.2) message: "Excel found unreadable
> content in '... '.  Do you want to recover the contents of this 
> workbook?  If you trust the source of the workbook, click Yes."
> 
>  2.2 On clicking "Yes" Excel will provide a Repairs report.  The dialog 
is
> "Excel was able to open the file by repairing or removing the 
> unreadable content."
> 
>  2.3 There is also a message with more detail: "Excel completed file
> level validation and repair.  Some parts of this workbook may have 
> been repaired or discarded."
> 
>  2.4 There is a link, "Click to view log file listing repairs: "
> 
>  2.5 The repair log file, a nice XML document, doesn't have much 
> more information than the dialog, but there is an error code.
> 
>  2.6 The repaired document is just fine.  I didn't try saving it to 
> see if it can be read by other ODF consumers.  There are no formulas
> in the original document, so that should be possible.
> 
>  3. POWERPOINT 2010 SP1
> 
>  3.1 I saved a presentation using LibreOffice 3.3.2 (stable) and 
> PowerPoint 2010 had no complaint.  I checked the .odp, and 3.3.2 
> does not set manifest:version on the <manifest:manifest>.
> 
>  3.2 I opened and resaved the document using LibreOffice 3.4.0 
> (trial use) and PowerPoint 2010 SP1 offered a different variation: 
> "PowerPoint found a problem with content in ... .  PowerPoint can 
> attempt to repair the presentation.  If you trust the source of this
> presentation, click Repair.
> 
>  3.3 On clicking "Repair" I received the message, "PowerPoint 
> removed unreadable content in ... [Repaired].  You should review 
> this presentation to determine whether any content was unexpectedly 
> changed or removed."
> 
>  3.4 I also see that the [Repaired] appears in the Windows Title Bar
> for the presentation as well.
> 
> 
>  *** end of report ***
> 
> 
> 
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