[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131304] New: [META] MS Word compatiblityMode = 15

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131304

            Bug ID: 131304
           Summary: [META] MS Word compatiblityMode = 15
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jluth at mail.com

There are some compatibility changes in MS Word 2013 that seem to have no
documentation, but can be tracked down to acting differently in compatibility
mode verses “native” mode. A compatSetting identifies the compatibility mode.

Currently LO round-trips an existing value, but does not write anything for a
new docx file, effectively setting it to Word 2007 mode. This meta bug is
intended to track bugs related to compatibilityMode and evaluate when it would
be appropriate to start writing compatibilityMode = 15 (Word 2013/2016) for new
documents.


We learn from
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-docx/90138c4d-eb18-4edc-aa6c-dfb799cb1d0d
...

name:  compatibilityMode
uri:   http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word
val:   An ST_UnsignedDecimalNumber that specifies the feature set to use when
editing the document.

Valid values and their meanings are:
11: Use features specified in MS-DOC.

12: Use word processing features specified in ECMA-376. This is the default.
[Word 2007]

14: Use word processing features specified in ISO/IEC29500-1:2016 and
ISO/IEC29500-4:2016 as well as those specified in this document with the
exception of the features defined by the following elements and/or parts;
commentsExtended, people (enumeration), collapsed, docId, repeatingSection,
repeatingSectionItem, chartTrackingRefBased, commentsEx, people (element),
color), dataBinding, appearance, webExtensionLinked, and webExtensionCreated.
[Word 2010]

15: Use word processing features specified in ISO/IEC29500-1:2016 and
ISO/IEC29500-4:2016 as well as those specified in this document. [Word 2013 and
2016]

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