.odt to .rtf ?

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#1

I agreed to edit (one time only) a local literary magazine comeing out
soon.
I have saved each of the documents (plays, poetry, etc.) and edited in
LibreOffice.
Before sending the files to the publisher, I've been saving them to .doc.
The publisher emails to say that all the documents have weird formatting and
strange characters. He wants to know if I can send the files to him in
.rft (rich text) format. I don't see that as an option in the "save as"
menu.
Is there a way I can do this -- convert the .odt files to .rtf? Using
LibreOffice
on Suse Linux.

Thanks all,

#2

Helen wrote:

The publisher emails to say that all the documents have weird formatting and
strange characters.

I thought recent version of Word used the new "WTF" format. :wink:

Actually, I just checked LibreOffice on openSUSE and saw there is an RTF option. Check again.

#3

Hi Helen,

what version of LO are you using?

When I do as a "save as" in LO4.0.4.2 I can see .rtf 4th from bottom of the list of formats.

Cheers

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Sometimes you have to scroll backward up the list above the starting point of the drop-down.

However, it is very unusual to hear of (or see) a ".Doc" getting malformed!  ".DocX"s go weird sometimes because each version of MSO does it slightly differently.  But even those shouldn't be showing any strange characters.

Could it be a fonts issue?  SuSE and other Gnu&Linuxes often have a wide range of slightly unusual fonts to avoid proprietary ones such as Arial, Times New Roman (and so on) that might have copyright issues.

Might it be easier to send him/her the ".Odt" and a link to the LibreOffice downloads page? 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

<File><Export as PDF..>

Most publishers have the ability to use/edit a PDF.

Hope this helps.

#6

Hi :slight_smile:
Sometimes you have to scroll backward up the list above the starting
point of the drop-down.

However, it is very unusual to hear of (or see) a ".Doc" getting
malformed! ".DocX"s go weird sometimes because each version of MSO
does it slightly differently. But even those shouldn't be showing
any strange characters.

Maybe unusual but it is happening occasionally in Writer
(interoffice-writer-4.0.3.3.3-1.1.x86_64).

System document was opened on is a Win7 system.

In my case it was a .odt document with some defined form fields. The
.doc version would not allow input in the form field areas. If saved as
.docx the whole document was offset, missing parts, graphics miss placed
on etc.

See signiture below for my config.

#7

If it is a font issue, you can download the Microsoft Core Web Fonts for free and add them to your system. Then change the font to standard Microsoft Times New Roman or Arial or whatever. That should take care of it.

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

http://web.archive.org/web/20020124085641/http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm

Better yet, just use your distro's utility for installing them. The OP one said SuSE, so:

http://www.itworld.com/software/351785/install-microsoft-core-fonts-opensuse-123

#8

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Helen <etters.h@gmail.com> wrote:

thank you -- Two things here.
1). I did manage to get this into rtf by using the command odt2rtf
Waves_edited.odt
and I did this on a number of files. So, the urgency of the problem is
solved, or at least
is no longer urgent, but the theoretical issue is still interesting (to
me).
2). Since this is a literary journal, albeit a small local one, and the
original works are not mine,
I don't fee free to upload any of the plays/poems/etc.
Someone else mentioned that LO has the "save as" rtf. I don't understand
why, but here's
another puzzle: we have two computers running suse 12.3. This one that
I'm using right now
has that "save as" option. The other computer does not, and the other
computer is the one with
the files on it. Of course I could move the files from that computer to
this one, but I didn't realize
that this one had that option until someone here (Tim?) suggested it, so
I went to the other compter
(this one) and looked. Both machines are running suse 12.3 with LO
Version 3.6:build-304
so I have no idea why one shows .rtf option and the other does not.
Thanks for the responses.

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

Hi :slight_smile:
Could you email me the doc and an odt version? I might be able to have a
look on a few different machines tomorrow and maybe see what's up. Hmm, it
might be better to use Nabble to upload it so everyone can see it as i
might forget or run out of time, or just not wake up until the day after!
I am curious tho.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

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*From:* Helen <etters.h@gmail.com>
*To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
*Sent:* Friday, 12 July 2013, 2:18
*Subject:* [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

I agreed to edit (one time only) a local literary magazine comeing out
soon.
I have saved each of the documents (plays, poetry, etc.) and edited in
LibreOffice.
Before sending the files to the publisher, I've been saving them to .doc.
The publisher emails to say that all the documents have weird formatting
and
strange characters. He wants to know if I can send the files to him in
.rft (rich text) format. I don't see that as an option in the "save as"
menu.
Is there a way I can do this -- convert the .odt files to .rtf? Using
LibreOffice
on Suse Linux.

Thanks all,

--
Helen Etters
using Linux, suse12.3

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#9

Helen,

You can exercise a bit of flexibility via tools->customize. This lets you disable "save as" but it doesn't go as far as removing the options of what you can "save as".

One of the common solutions suggested when strange things are happening is to "delete your profile". I gather a new profile is created the first time you crank up LO after the deletion.

I am loathe to delete anything which I am not sure about however this may give you a start.

Cheers

#10

Hi :slight_smile:
Yes, deleting your User Profile does force LibreOffice to generate a new one next time you open LibreOffice.  The new one has all the default settings that could be considered "factory defaults" so it's the fastest way to get your version of Libreoffice "back to factory defaults".

However, we usually recommend using "rename" instead of "delete".  This allows us to revert back to the old settings if the renaming didn't solve the current problem.  if it did solve the problem then it might be possible to copy&paste some settings back into the new profile and/or even pinpoint exactly where the problem arose (although many of us just don't have time for that sort of thing and just take the win) 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

Note that your user profile contains your gallery, templates, extensions and other settings and configurations so deleting the user-profile might mean losing something you wanted to keep.  Renaming keeps everything intact (just a little harder to reach). 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#11

Hi :slight_smile:
Nicely done! :)  If the command

odt2rtf   filename.odt

works then perhaps you can do all the odts in a folder by using

odt2rtf   *.odt

Don't worry about feeling uncomfortable uploading files to public mailing lists, or even to individual strangers!!  lol.  There are many good reasons not to upload things even if it was to people you know well and trust completely.  There is no reason you have to upload anything.  Sometimes it's easier to spot something odd or find a work-around if you can play around with it yourself but it's kinda cheating.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#12

Hi :slight_smile:
It also depends on how you installed LibreOffice.  If you got the one from your distro's repos then it might have been tweaked.  One of the machines might have the "SuSE'ised" version.  The other machine might have had LibreOffice downloaded from the LO website without any of the SuSEs tweaks. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: