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#1

I am using Libre Office Writer 4.4.2.2 under Ubuntu 15.04 to read some (externally created) Europass CVs (with extension .doc), but LibreOffice makes an unreadable mess of them, overlaying lines over one another, etc. Can anybody suggest a remedy? The obsolete Word on my MacOS 10.4 system displays them perfectly...

With many thanks in advance,
Malgosia Askanas

#2

What is a 'Europass CV'?

That said, you should always try the latest version... so, try
installing 4.4.4.3...

#3

I am using Libre Office Writer 4.4.2.2 under Ubuntu 15.04 to read some
(externally created) Europass CVs (with extension .doc), but LibreOffice
makes an unreadable mess of them, overlaying lines over one another,
etc. Can anybody suggest a remedy? The obsolete Word on my MacOS 10.4
system displays them perfectly...

What is a 'Europass CV'?

https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/home
https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/editors/en/cv/compose

That said, you should always try the latest version... so, try
installing 4.4.4.3...

The ".doc" files generated by Europass CV are a mess when opened in LO,
no matter which version is used, including 5 RC3. They render almost
perfectly in AOO 4.1.1, go figure.

Assuming Malgosia asked candidates for Europass submissions, it would
have been wise to specify the ODF ".odt" or PDF option Europass offers.

Dave

#4

Download the ODF versions from
https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-instructions
ODF (Open Document Format) is the collective name for the standardized
file formats that are supported by LIbreOffice, OpenOffice and many
other products including recent versions of MS Office.
The file name suffices are odt for open document text, ods for
spreadsheets, odp for presentations and odg for vector graphics.
ott, ots, otp and otg are the file name suffices for the respective
templates.

#5

To clarify here - Microsoft Office does not support the latest ODF
standards and they *partially* support older standard of ODF. You will
frequently get Microsoft Office complaining about "corrupted files" when
trying to open ODF despite the files being fully compliant with ODF
standards - thus it is a *false* message from MSO about the file being
corrupted instead of them admitting that they lack proper support.

Just wanted to make sure that was clear :slight_smile:

Best,
Joel

#6

Many thanks. I did indeed ask for submissions, and will in the future try to ask for a non-".doc" format.

Malgosia