Villeroy wrote:This forum is about Apache OpenOffice. It is not related to Microsoft Office.
RoryOF wrote:It does when the files are saved in OpenOffice's native formats (odt, .ods etc)
RoryOF wrote:I have Saved a document in Word 97/200 format, then closed OO and reopened that document. All the metadata was present, visible under /File /Properties.
Villeroy wrote:This is not an editor for MS Word files. Always use MS Word for MS Word docs. MS Word is the one and only application for this type of file.
John_Ha wrote:See [Tutorial] Differences between Writer and MS Word files for an explanation.
JFalken wrote:Villeroy wrote:This is not an editor for MS Word files. Always use MS Word for MS Word docs. MS Word is the one and only application for this type of file.
That's a nice sentiment, but you can open MS Word files in OpenOffice, modify them in OpenOffice, and save them in OpenOffice. What are you other requirements for being an editor of MS Word files, exactly?
JFalken wrote:I think I have what I need. OO cannot output a complete 97-2003 MS Word .doc with accompanying metadata and it likely has no plans to augment support for that filter.
Because the DOC file format was a closed specification for many years, inconsistent handling of the format persists and may cause some loss of formatting information when handling the same file with multiple word processing programs.
Some specifications for Microsoft Office 97 binary file formats were published in 1997 under a restrictive license, but these specifications were removed from online download in 1999.
Specifications of later versions of Microsoft Office binary file formats were not publicly available.
The DOC format specification was available from Microsoft on request since 2006 under restrictive RAND-Z terms until February 2008.
Sun Microsystems and OpenOffice.org reverse engineered the file format.
On February 15, 2008, Microsoft released a .DOC format specification under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. However, this specification does not describe all of the features used by DOC format and reverse engineered work remains necessary.
Since 2008 the specification has been updated several times; the last change was made in January 2017.
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