SahwaMar 8

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats

https://reddthat.com/post/61544796

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats - Reddthat

>The Foundation sees this as a contradiction to the EU’s own interoperability goals. Although XLSX is standardized as OOXML according to ISO/IEC 29500, Microsoft’s implementations often deviate from the specifications. Furthermore, features often change undocumented, which complicates compatibility with open-source software such as LibreOffice.

Show threadtwinnieMar 8
I kinda get it though. I think every single time in my life I’ve sent a document in the non-Microsoft format I’ve got a reply saying they couldn’t open it. That’s from LibreOffice and from Mac.
Show threadcley_fayeMar 8
And everytime I get a document in a Microsoft format I send a reply asking if this or that is supposed to look that way or be that value. Yet it’s the open format and tools that’s an issue somehow.
Show threadm-p{3}

One thing I do like from LibreOffice is the ability to save to PDF but also embed the original document inside it.

That way almost anyone can see it as intended, and the original is still there for editing.

Mar 8 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadhoppolitoMar 9
Whoa I didn’t know that was an option, is it part of the export menu? That would make some of my - we needed to change something after all - situations much easier at work.
Show threadm-p{3}Mar 11
It’s in the export menu, called Hybrid PDF.
Quick tip: creating "hybrid" PDF files in LibreOffice - TDF Community Blog

Here’s a LibreOffice feature you may not know about: when exporting a PDF, the “Hybrid PDF” option embeds the original file. Then anyone with a PDF reader can view the file – and LibreOffice users can edit it too. Learn more about this feature here

TDF Community Blog