And, even worse, if you save the document in OpenOffice's format (.odt), Word can't open the file. doc format, the new file won't have any of these undesired font changes.

docx file in Microsoft Word, and save it as. This problem is at least partly a flaw specific to OpenOffice, because if you open the same. doc-for instance, Palatino gets changed to Times New Roman, 10 point Helvetica remains Helvetica, but it gets changed to 10 point and who knows what else. docx files, but also even some simple formatting options, like the font, font size, etc. doc, but that format doesn't save some of the newer Microsoft Word formatting options you can choose for. docx format, since Microsoft has a copyright on the format-instead, OpenOffice can save files as.

docx files, and you can edit them just fine, when it comes time to save your changes, you can't save the file in.

Though OpenOffice's Microsoft Word emulator can open.

Here's a couple deal-breakers against using OpenOffice, at least its current version (4.1.11):

Code: Remove extra files from source package (clog, config.out).

Code: Possible access to unintended variable in 'openoffice/main/sfx2/source/doc/sfxbasemodel.cxx' line 940.

Basic: Image control - Wrong picture in Help.

General: Some glyphs are not replaced by GSUB table from OpenType font.

Math: Existing command text is repeated when formula is inserted.

Calc: Displacement problem with related formulas when moving cells.

Calc: Cannot save document as ODS (AOO builds using non-Latin alphabets, due to changes of transliteration rules at runtime).

Calc: Function wizard - Spelling error for function 'PROB'.

Writer: MS Word import - CJK numbering ordered list fallback to Arabic numerals.Writer: Dialog 'Bullets & Numbering: The tooltip for the first numbering type is shown as 'Number %NUMBERINGSAMPLE'.Basic: Error in help text for function 'len'.Writer: Set firstline auto indent to 2 characters for Chinese language.CVE-2023-47804: Macro URL arbitrary script execution.CVE-2023-1183: Arbitrary file write in Apache OpenOffice Base.CVE-2022-43680: 'Use after free' fixed in libexpat.CVE-2012-5639: Loading internal / external resources without warning.

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