[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 115291] List incompatible features when saving to alien formats in detail (see c5)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115291

--- Comment #18 from mckinnonrc at gmail.com ---
(In reply to Thomas Lendo from comment #6)
> (In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) from comment #5)
> > (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4)
> > > Alternatively, we could ask the user when exporting a document may result in
> > > corrupt properties.
> > We already give users the 'Confirm File Format' dialog when not saving to
> > ODF, which does state 'This document may contain formatting or content that
> > cannot be saved in the currently selected file format'. We could go beyond
> > this, if devs are interested in implementing it, and create a dialog similar
> > to the MS compatibility checker.
> > 
> > http://technastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Microsoft-Word-
> > Compatibility-checker.jpg
> This would be really genius to have a list of things that change instead of
> a vague statement that something could happen--or not.
> 
> In such a dialog also the possibilities in the options dialog can be
> referenced because nobody finds the option to change highlighting saving
> today.

(User and Bug Reporter here)
I've confirmed that this issue is due to the .doc and .docx file format that
I've saved my files in because when I saved the file in .odt there's no problem
with the colour changes. I only really saved my documents in the .docx format
for university, so I don't have a need to use that format now, so I'll be using
.odt from now on.

If a user changes the save as format to be .doc or .docx, rather than just give
a dialogue that there could be some incompatibility in saving it to that
specific format, is it possible to actually block out the extended colours that
are available for the .odt format? So, in this instance, I've set my default
save format to be .docx, and so LibreOffice will only show the colours that the
MSO will allow, and thereby preventing me from choosing other colours that will
just change back to the default MSO colours. The program is already doing this
once I use the .docx format, so would it be too difficult to block off
everything that isn't MSO for the colour palette? And if this is possible, then
perhaps the program could go into a "MSO Compatibility Mode" and even show it
somewhere on the program, where everything would change to be compatible with
MSO and block off options that work with .odt, but won't in MSO's formats, so
that user, especially inexperienced users, won't have to even worry about
incompatibility?

I should point out that even with different versions of MSO there are colour
palette issues, so it's not just with LO, but within MSO itself. This is one of
the reasons I've been MSO free for years.

Thanks for putting out a fantastic office suite!

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