Re: Docs To Go and Abiword

I started with the same document, modified it in both AbiWord and Open
Office and saved it in all of the formats supported by each of the
applications. Here are the results:

.doc file saved in AbiWord: Error in Documents To Go
.rtf file saved in "old" format in AbiWord: Error in Documents To Go
.rtf file saved in AbiWord: Error in Documents To Go

.doc file saved in Open Office: No error, converted without issue
.rtf file saved in Open Office: Error in Documents To Go

MS Word/WordPad do something different with .rtf files that Documents To Go
must have in order to convert the document properly. The AbiWord .doc is
also missing something required in order to convert properly.

Support for the .doc format in either OO or AbiWord is not 100% creating a
file in any of the three products and opening it in each will present
slightly different views. Bullets, for example, seem to be problematic
between the three.

I doubt that DataViz will do much with this as to them it would not be a
"bug" they advertise compatibility with MS Office/Word, not Open Office or
AbiWord.

Shannon T. Baker

>From: "Shannon Baker" <sbaker33@hotmail.com>
>To: abiword-user@abisource.com
>Subject: Re: Docs To Go and Abiword
>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:21:20 +0000
>
>
>I have experienced the same behavior with Open Office as well,
>although I haven't tried it with AbiWord yet. I would prefer to use
>rtf as my default format because of the (expected) portability.
>However, in order for them to sync properly with doc to go I have to
>open them in WordPad or Word first and resave them. This does not
>happen with rtf files created in Word or WordPad but does with Open
>Office and it happens regardless of the platform I create the files
>on (Windows or Linux) only the application.
>
>I have not experienced the issue when saving the files as .docs
>(which led me to assume the implementations of the proprietary
>format are more "standard").
>
>I will test on AbiWord. Also too, there are at least two rtf
>options listed (rtf and rtf for old apps) does it make a difference
>which one is used when saving the file?
>
>Shannon T. Baker
>
>
>
>>From: Martin Sevior
<msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au>
>>Reply-To: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
>>To: Stefan Malte Schumacher
<stefanmalte@gmail.com>
>>CC: abiword-user@abisource.com
>>Subject: Re: Docs To Go and Abiword
>>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:19:57 +1100
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 04:00 +0100, Stefan Malte Schumacher
>wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have bought a new toy, a Tungsten E which I plan to
use
>as
>> > mini-laptop for word processing (with a keyboard). I
am
>using Doc to
>> > Go to synchronize the files on my handheld with the
ones
>on my pc and
>> > there begins the problems : DTG refuses to accept any
>files saved or
>> > edited by abiword. I have tried to use Rtf, old Rtf
and
>Microsoft Word
>> > as Options under Save-As and DTG just refuses to
accept
>the file. When
>> > I open a nonworking file with Wordpad and save it, DTG
>accepts it
>> > without any errors.
>> >
>> > This indicates - IMHO - that there is a difference
between
>rfts saved
>> > by Abiword and rtfs saved by Wordpad. Is this the case
and
>if yes how
>> > can this be fixed so I can edit my synchronized
documents
>with abiword
>> > ? Are there other explanations for the problem ?
>> >
>>
>>Hi Stefan,
>> As far as we can tell our RTF is very, very
>compliant. All
>>sorts of weird programs read our RTF fine (even WordPad!). I
>suggest you
>>contact the DTG people and ask them why the software you paid
>good money
>>for does not read perfectly compliant RTF's.
>>
>>They have a bug and should fix it.
>>
>>BTW AbiWord has been directly downloaded by over 3 million
>people and is
>>the number 1 choice returned on a google search for
"Word
>Processor" so
>>it's not like we're
>>a really obscure creator of RTF's.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Martin
>>
>> > Bye
>> > Stefan
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>>Martin Sevior <msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au>
>>University of Melbourne
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Received on Thu Nov 11 16:08:32 2004