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BetterRed · 04-11-2017, 06:34 PM

@roger64 - I don't have, need, or want Writer, so I have no means to do things to an ODT file. I get them from places like Sciences Po and the ECB, open them in Word and Save as DOCX. So, my knowledge of Writer is as scant as yours is of Word, maybe even more so.

I gave up on OOo last century, we (global financial services enterprise) hoped for Office on Steroids. what we got was Office on Mogadons, and absolutely no comprehension of commercial necessities. Made by academics, for academics, was our conclusion.

Why don't you rewrite the Word macro (presumably written in VBA) in one of Writer's preferred language for macros - I've seen mention of Python, Lua and R?

My offer to look at one of your ODTs in Word 2010 is still open, otherwise...

BR

04-11-2017, 06:34 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,811 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@roger64 - I don't have, need, or want Writer, so I have no means to do things to an ODT file. I get them from places like Sciences Po and the ECB, open them in Word and Save as DOCX. So, my knowledge of Writer is as scant as yours is of Word, maybe even more so. I gave up on OOo last century, we (global financial services enterprise) hoped for Office on Steroids. what we got was Office on Mogadons, and absolutely no comprehension of commercial necessities. Made by academics, for academics, was our conclusion. Why don't you rewrite the Word macro (presumably written in VBA) in one of Writer's preferred language for macros - I've seen mention of Python, Lua and R? My offer to look at one of your ODTs in Word 2010 is still open, otherwise... BR Last edited by BetterRed; 04-12-2017 at 04:27 AM.