LibreOffice saving file as DocX doesn't display properly.

[wigster]

I have LibreOffice at home and when I save a file as a docx and I open it up at work using word I normally i get big gaps, generally it doesn't look right. Does this happen to everyone else?

 

[Donnie Fisher]

If libreoffice has a different base template from office for things like line and paragraph spacing, then it might be possible that is causing the gaps.

For example, LO might save the file saying paragraphs use default template line spacing.

In LO, default line space might be 1.0, but in MSO the default might be 1.5 … so in MSO there would be gaps.

You could going through the file and specifying the spacing explicitly.

Or May be worth saving it in the open doc format ( .odt ) which is a common ground format. The .docx file type is proprietary to MS so unless you are using word itself then there will always be variations.

 

[wigster]

If libreoffice has a different base template from office for things like line and paragraph spacing, then it might be possible that is causing the gaps.

For example, LO might save the file saying paragraphs use default template line spacing.

In LO, default line space might be 1.0, but in MSO the default might be 1.5 … so in MSO there would be gaps.

You could going through the file and specifying the spacing explicitly.

Or May be worth saving it in the open doc format ( .odt ) which is a common ground format. The .docx file type is proprietary to MS so unless you are using word itself then there will always be variations.

I understand now thanks, it's not often I have to continue working on a document at work, normally when I'm at home i just save as pdf. In this case I should have used the Web application for Word.