Aspose.Words saves documents in ODT, OTT format according to the OASIS ODF 1.1 standard. The following table provides implementation details.
Not all Microsoft Word features can be exported to OpenDocument format. When a feature is unsupported in ODT Aspose.Words attempts to export the feature as close as possible using the available features of OpenDocument.
There is a save option which allows you to specify that Aspose.Word should export a document to ODT while strictly following the ODT 1.1 specification.
Note that there may appear to be more styles in the output ODT document than in the original input document. This is expected as all formatting in the ODT format is style based, therefore more styles must be created during export to deal with direct formatting on runs and paragraphs (that are not applied using a style).
See the following links in the documentation for further information:
· OdtSaveOptions
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Attached Template |
N/A |
|
|
Built-In Properties |
Yes |
Built-in properties such as word and character count are updated using Aspose.Words but are not updated automatically on save. Instead you need to explictly update these properties using the appropriate Document member. We will add automatic update of these properties in a future version. Some Microsoft Word document properties that do not have corresponding properties in ODT are not saved to ODT. |
· Document.UpdateWordCount |
Custom Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Custom Payload Part |
N/A |
|
|
Custom XML Data Storage |
N/A |
|
|
Digital Signature |
Planned |
Signing a ODT document with a digital signatures is not yet supported. Note that an existing signature on a document cannot be retained as by nature the document has been changed during import. |
|
Embedded Package |
N/A |
Exported as a plain image. |
|
Encryption |
Planned |
|
|
Font Table |
Yes |
|
|
Glossary Document/Quick Parts/Auto Text |
N/A |
Glossary Document/Building Blocks/AutoText entries are not saved to ODT as there is no native support for this feature in OpenOffice. |
|
Hyphenation |
Yes |
|
|
Key Map Customizations |
N/A |
|
|
Mail Merge Recipient Data |
N/A |
|
|
Office Math |
Planned |
It is planned to export Office Math as an image to formats that do not have native support for it. |
|
Themes |
Yes |
Theme formatting is exported as direct formatting to ODT. Only some theme formatting such as fonts are supported. |
|
Toolbar Customizations |
N/A |
|
|
Variables |
N/A |
|
|
VBA Project (Macro) |
N/A |
Macros are not supported in ODT format. |
|
VBA Project Digital Signature |
N/A |
|
|
Background |
N/A |
|
|
Thumbnail |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Embedding Fonts |
N/A |
|
|
Embed Only Non-Standard Fonts |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Bibliography |
Yes |
OpenOffice does not support this feature. Bibliography is saved to ODT as plain text. |
|
Sources/Citations |
Yes |
Bibliography sources are not saved to ODT. |
|
Citation Style |
N/A |
|
|
OpenOffice does not support protection so document protection is lost upon conversion to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Allow Only Comments |
N/A |
|
|
Allow Only Form Fields |
N/A |
|
|
Allow Only Revisions |
N/A |
|
|
Limit Formatting to Selection of Styles |
N/A |
|
|
Protection Password (Legacy) |
N/A |
|
|
Protection Password (OOXML) |
N/A |
|
|
Protected Sections |
Yes |
|
|
Protection Ranges |
N/A |
|
|
Read Only |
N/A |
|
|
Footnote, Endnote and View settings are saved to ODT.
Other settings such as Asian Typography, Mail Merge and Web settings are not saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Asian Typography Settings |
N/A |
|
|
Compatibility Options |
N/A |
Compatibility Options can influence how the document content is appears. These are not retained while converting to ODT. |
|
Endnote Options |
Yes |
|
|
Footnote Options |
Yes |
|
|
Mail Merge Settings |
N/A |
|
|
Print Settings |
N/A |
|
|
Show/Hide Settings |
N/A |
|
|
View Settings |
Yes |
|
|
Web Settings |
N/A |
|
|
XML Settings |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Paragraph Style |
Yes |
There is an increase in the number of styles after you save the document in ODT format. This is because all formatting in ODF is style based. |
|
Alignment |
Yes |
|
|
Right to Left Paragraph |
Yes |
|
|
Bullets and Numbers |
Yes |
|
|
Outline Level |
Yes |
|
|
Run Properties for the Paragraph Mark |
Yes |
|
|
Suppress Line Numbers |
Yes |
|
|
Suppress Hyphenation |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Left Indent |
Yes |
|
|
Right Indent |
Yes |
|
|
First Line Indent |
Yes |
|
|
Hanging Indent |
Yes |
|
|
Mirror Indents |
N/A |
Mirror Indents are not supported in ODT. |
|
Automatically Adjust Right Indent |
N/A |
Automatically Adjust Right Indent are not supported in ODT. |
|
No Space Between Conforming Paragraphs is not supported.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Space Before |
Yes |
|
|
Space After |
Yes |
|
|
Space Auto |
Yes |
|
|
Line Spacing |
Yes |
|
|
No Space between Conforming Paragraphs |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Widow/Orphan Control |
Yes |
|
|
Keep With Next |
Yes |
|
|
Keep Lines Together |
Yes |
|
|
Page Break Before |
Yes |
|
|
Text from text frames is saved to ODT as normal text paragraphs with a border.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Text Frames |
Planned |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Absolute Position |
Yes |
|
|
Relative Position |
Planned |
Can be simulated by calculating the actual position of the tab stop. |
|
Alignment: Left, Center, Right, Decimal, Bar |
Yes |
|
|
Leader |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Drop Caps |
Yes |
|
|
Bar and Between borders, dashed, shadow and triple lines appear differently when saved to ODT because not all border features exist in ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Border Sides |
Yes |
|
|
Shadow |
N/A |
|
|
3D Frame |
Yes |
|
|
Style |
Yes |
|
|
Color |
Yes |
|
|
Width |
Yes |
|
|
Distance from Text |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Shading |
Yes |
|
|
Some Asian Typography settings are not supported in ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Use Asian Rules for Controlling First and Last Characters |
N/A |
|
|
Allow Latin Text to Wrap in the Middle of a Word |
N/A |
|
|
Allow Hanging Punctuation |
Yes |
|
|
Allow Punctuation at Start of a Line to Compress |
N/A |
|
|
Automatically Adjust Space between Asian and Latin Text |
Yes |
|
|
Automatically Adjust Space between Asian Text and Numbers |
N/A |
|
|
Text Vertical Alignment |
N/A |
|
|
Text in different languages is fully supported and can be rendered to formats such as PDF and image with high fidelity.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Western Languages |
Yes |
|
|
East European Languages |
Yes |
|
|
East Asian Languages |
Yes |
|
|
Right to Left Languages |
Yes |
|
|
Carriage Return (not a Paragraph Break) |
Yes |
|
|
Non Breaking Space |
Yes |
|
|
Non Breaking Hyphen |
Yes |
|
|
Soft Hyphen |
Yes |
This type of hyphen is referred to as an "Optional Hyphen" in Microsoft Word documents. |
|
Symbol |
Yes |
|
|
Tab |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Line Break |
Yes |
|
|
Line Break Clear Type |
Yes |
|
|
Page Break |
Yes |
|
|
Column Break |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Character Style |
Yes |
There is an increase in the number of styles after you save the document in ODT format. This is because all formatting in ODF is style based. |
|
Color |
Yes |
|
|
East Asian Typography |
N/A |
|
|
Highlight Color |
Yes |
Highlight color is exported to character background color on export. |
|
Language |
Yes |
|
|
Do not Check Spelling or Grammar |
N/A |
|
|
Border |
N/A |
|
|
Shading |
Yes |
Textured fills are saved as solid fills to ODT. |
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Font |
Yes |
|
|
Some underline types appear different when saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Underline Type |
Yes |
|
|
Underline Color |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Animated Effect |
Yes |
|
|
Double Strikethrough |
Yes |
|
|
Strikethrough |
Yes |
|
|
Subscript/Superscript |
Yes |
|
|
Shadow |
Yes |
|
|
Outline |
Yes |
|
|
Emboss |
Yes |
|
|
Imprint (Engrave) |
Yes |
|
|
Small Caps |
Yes |
|
|
All Caps |
Yes |
|
|
Hidden Text |
Yes |
ODT also provides an extra type of "hidden" text through the conditonal text feature. This is a kind of like an IF field in a Word document. Currently this special feature is unsupported in ODT import and export. |
|
Special Hidden |
N/A |
|
|
Web Hidden |
N/A |
|
|
Kerning and Snap to Grid are not saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Scale |
Yes |
|
|
Expanded/Compressed |
Yes |
|
|
Vertical Position |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Nested Tables |
Yes |
|
|
Right To Left Tables |
Yes |
|
|
Table Style |
Yes |
When a table style is present, it is converted to direct formatting on save so all formatting is still preserved. |
|
Conditional Formatting Style |
Yes |
|
|
Table Alignment |
Yes |
|
|
Table Indent |
Yes |
|
|
Allow AutoFit |
Yes |
|
|
Default Cell Margins |
Yes |
|
|
Default Cell Spacing |
N/A |
|
|
Preferred Table Width |
Yes |
|
|
Table Shading |
Yes |
|
|
Hidden |
Planned |
Hidden table or row is currently exported as as collapsed with no content. This can produce the correct output with the exception of a row border present. |
|
Floating tables are saved as normal tables.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Horizontal Position |
Planned |
|
|
Horizontal Position Relative To |
Planned |
|
|
Vertical Position |
Planned |
|
|
Vertical Position Relative To |
Planned |
|
|
Distance from Text |
Planned |
|
|
Move with Text |
Planned |
|
|
Allow Overlap Floating Tables |
Planned |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Table Borders |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Allow Break Across Pages |
Yes |
|
|
Repeat as Header Row |
Yes |
|
|
Height |
Yes |
|
|
Height Rule |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Cell Margins |
Yes |
|
|
Borders |
Yes |
Diagonal borders are not saved to ODT. Dashed, shadow and triple lines appear differently when saved to ODT. |
|
Shading |
Yes |
Textured fills are saved as solid fills to ODT. |
|
Wrap Text |
Yes |
|
|
Fit Text |
Yes |
|
|
Preferred Width |
Yes |
|
|
Merged Horizontally |
Yes |
|
|
Merged Vertically |
Yes |
|
|
Vertical Alignment |
Yes |
|
|
Text Direction |
Yes |
|
|
When converting to a document format that doesn't support custom markup features, the markup is stripped but content is preserved. The non-Microsoft Word document formats do not support custom markup and only text is exported.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
CustomXML |
N/A |
|
|
ODT format does not support content controls. During conversion only the plain content is retained.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Content Controls (Structured Document Tags) |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Smart Tag Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Headers and footers may appear differently when a document is saved to ODT and opened in OpenOffice. This is because content is not greyed out like apparence in Microsoft Word.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Different First Page |
Yes |
|
|
Different Even and Odd Pages |
Yes |
|
|
Continue from Previous Section |
Yes |
|
|
Some section properties (e.g. top margin, bottom margin) for continuous section breaks are not saved to ODT.
See the following links in the documentation for further information:
· Section.SectionStart
· DocumentBuilder.InsertBreak
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Continuous |
Yes |
|
|
Even Page |
Yes |
|
|
Odd Page |
Yes |
|
|
Next Column |
Yes |
|
|
Next Page |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Text Columns |
Yes |
|
|
Gutter settings are not saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Page Margins |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Number Format |
Planned |
Exported as arabic numbering. |
|
Starting Number |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Right to Left Section |
Planned |
|
|
Line Numbering |
Yes |
|
|
Paper Source |
Yes |
|
· PageSetup.FirstPageTray · PageSetup.OtherPageTray |
Paper Size |
Yes |
|
|
Orientation |
Yes |
|
|
Protection |
N/A |
|
|
Text Direction |
N/A |
|
|
Vertical Alignment |
N/A |
|
|
Asian Document Grid |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Chapter Numbering |
N/A |
|
|
Page border positioning options and Border Art are not saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Page Border |
Yes |
|
|
Note that there may appear to be more styles in the output ODT document than in the original input document. This is expected as all formatting in the ODT format is style based, therefore more styles must be created during export to deal with direct formatting on runs and paragraphs (that are not applied using a style).
Note that there may appear to be more styles in the output ODT document than in the original input document. This is expected as all formatting in the ODT format is style based, therefore more styles must be created during export to deal with direct formatting on runs and paragraphs (that are not applied using a style).
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Paragraph Style |
Yes |
|
|
Character Style |
Yes |
|
|
List Style |
Yes |
|
|
Table Style |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Aliases |
N/A |
|
|
Based On |
Yes |
|
|
Built-in Styles |
Yes |
|
|
Custom Styles |
Yes |
|
|
Style Name |
Yes |
|
|
Next Style |
Yes |
|
|
Paragraph Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Run Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Bullets and Numbering |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Paragraph Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Run Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Apply Formatting to |
N/A |
|
|
Table Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Banding |
N/A |
|
|
Paragraph Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Run Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Single Level |
Yes |
|
|
Multi Level |
Yes |
|
|
Name |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Label Alignment |
Yes |
|
|
Picture Bullet |
Planned |
|
|
Restart Level |
N/A |
|
|
Bullet Character |
Yes |
|
|
Label/Format String |
Yes |
|
|
Number Format |
Yes |
Some number formats are converted to Arabic when saved to ODT. |
|
Paragraph Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Font Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Linked Paragraph Style |
N/A |
|
|
Starting Value |
Yes |
|
|
Text After |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Reference Mark |
Yes |
|
|
Custom Reference Mark |
N/A |
|
|
Custom Separator |
N/A |
|
|
Continuation Separator Mark |
N/A |
|
|
Document Wide Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Section Wide Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Number Format |
Yes |
|
|
Restart Location |
N/A |
|
|
Starting Value |
Yes |
|
|
Placement |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Reference Mark |
Yes |
|
|
Custom Reference Mark |
N/A |
|
|
Custom Separator |
N/A |
|
|
Continuation Separator Mark |
N/A |
|
|
Document Wide Properties |
Yes |
|
|
Section Wide Properties |
N/A |
|
|
Number Format |
Yes |
|
|
Restart Location |
N/A |
|
|
Starting Value |
Yes |
|
|
Placement |
Yes |
|
|
All Word documents and most other formats that Aspose.Words export to only allow bookmarks with unqiue names, that is, no two bookmarks are allowed the exact same name.
If two bookmarks are given the same name in the model then no errors will occur. During export to any format the duplicate bookmarks are removed silently. The first bookmark visited in the model is the one that is retained, any other bookmarks are removed,
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Bookmark Start |
Yes |
|
|
Bookmark End |
Yes |
|
|
Bookmark Name |
Yes |
|
|
Bookmark Table Columns |
N/A |
|
|
Comments associated with a group of words become associated with a single point at the beginning of the group of words when saved to ODT.
Tables in comments are not saved to ODT. These are limitations of the ODT format.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Comment |
Yes |
|
|
Comment Range |
N/A |
|
|
Author |
Yes |
|
|
Date |
Yes |
|
|
Initial |
N/A |
|
|
OpenOffice does not support tracked changes.
You can choose to either accept changes in Aspose.Words before saving to ODT or save without accepting.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
On/Off State |
N/A |
|
|
Table Cell Deletion |
N/A |
|
|
Table Cell Insertion |
N/A |
|
|
Cell Merge or Split |
N/A |
|
|
Run Deletion |
N/A |
|
|
Run Insertion |
N/A |
|
|
Paragraph Deletion |
N/A |
|
|
Paragraph Insertion |
N/A |
|
|
Table Row Deletion |
N/A |
|
|
Table Row Insertion |
N/A |
|
|
Numbering Insertion |
N/A |
|
|
Numbering Change |
N/A |
|
|
Moves |
N/A |
|
|
Paragraph Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
Run Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
Section Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
Table Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
Cell Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
Row Properties Change |
N/A |
|
|
RSIDs Session Identifiers |
N/A |
|
|
Fields are supported in the model. To check if these fields can be updated check the import section.
Even if a field can be updated, most fields are exported if they are up-to-date by MS Word. i.e if you import a doucment and export it with a field as it is then it will appear properly in the output format.
Fields with custom field codes (a field code modified to represent something different than a normal field) are retained as they are when converting to other Word document formats. These fields are lost when exporting to ODT.
When saving to rendered formats such as PDF, XPS or image some fields may be automatically updated as a part of page layout.
Fields that do not exist in ODT are converted to plain text when saved to ODT, others are exported as working fields.
Fields that do not exist in ODT are converted to plain text when saved to ODT, others are exported as working fields.
See the following link in the documentation for further information:
· Document.UpdateFields.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Field Codes |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
CreateDate |
Yes |
|
|
Date |
Yes |
|
|
EditTime |
Yes |
|
|
PrintDate |
Yes |
|
|
SaveDate |
Yes |
|
|
Time |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Compare |
Yes |
|
|
DocVariable |
Yes |
Exported as plain text. |
|
GoToButton |
N/A |
|
|
If |
N/A |
|
|
MacroButton |
N/A |
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
Fields such as FileName or FileSize are not automatically updated on save. However they can be updated explictly by calling Document.UpdateFields.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Author |
Yes |
|
|
Comments |
Yes |
|
|
DocProperty |
Yes |
|
|
FileName |
Yes |
|
|
FileSize |
Yes |
|
|
Info |
Yes |
|
|
Keywords |
Yes |
|
|
LastSavedBy |
Yes |
|
|
NumChars |
Yes |
|
|
NumPages |
Yes |
|
|
NumWords |
Yes |
|
|
Subject |
Yes |
|
|
Template |
Yes |
|
|
Title |
Yes |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Formula |
Yes |
|
|
Advance |
Planned |
Planned to be exported as plain text separator. |
|
Eq |
Yes |
Exported as image. |
|
Symbol |
Yes |
|
|
Not all form field features are have appropriate analogs in ODT format.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
TextInput |
Yes |
|
|
CheckBox |
Yes |
|
|
DropDown |
Yes |
|
|
Calc On Exit |
N/A |
|
|
Checked |
Yes |
|
|
Default Value |
Yes |
|
|
Enabled |
N/A |
|
|
Entry and Exit Macro |
Yes |
|
|
Name |
Yes |
|
|
Help Text |
N/A |
Pop up text is not supported in OpenOffice, however the form field name (taken from the bookmark) appears in a tool tip when hovered over. This can be used to provide extra information. |
|
Status Text |
N/A |
Pop up text is not supported in OpenOffice, however the form field name (taken from the bookmark) appears in a tool tip when hovered over. This can be used to provide extra information. |
|
Max Length |
N/A |
|
|
Check Box Size |
N/A |
|
|
Text Input Type |
N/A |
|
|
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Index |
Yes |
|
|
RD |
N/A |
|
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TA |
N/A |
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TC |
N/A |
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TOA (Table of Authorities) |
N/A |
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TOC (Table of Contents) |
Yes |
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XE |
N/A |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
AutoText |
Yes |
Only the plain text content of the AutoText is supported. |
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AutoTextList |
N/A |
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Bibliography |
N/A |
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Citation |
N/A |
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Hyperlink |
Yes |
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IncludePicture |
Yes |
Both options for embedding the image and external link only are supported. |
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IncludeText |
Yes |
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Link |
Planned |
It is planned to export this as an image. |
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NoteRef |
Yes |
Exported as plain text. |
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PageRef |
Yes |
Exported as plain text. |
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Quote |
Yes |
Exported as plain text. |
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Ref |
Yes |
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StyleRef |
Yes |
Exported as plain text. |
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Some fields cannot be exported to ODT. They are converted to plain text.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
AddressBlock |
N/A |
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Ask |
N/A |
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Compare |
Yes |
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Database |
N/A |
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Fill-in |
N/A |
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GreetingLine |
N/A |
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If |
N/A |
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MergeField |
Yes |
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MergeRec |
N/A |
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MergeSeq |
N/A |
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Next |
N/A |
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NextIf |
N/A |
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Set |
N/A |
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SkipIf |
N/A |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
AutoNum |
Planned |
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AutoNumLgl |
Planned |
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AutoNumOut |
Planned |
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BarCode |
Planned |
Note that this only refers to the BarCode field structure. Commonly barcodes are actually represented in Microsoft Word document as text using a special barcode font or image. These are fully supported during export to all formats. |
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ListNum |
Planned |
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Page |
Yes |
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RevNum |
Yes |
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Section |
Yes |
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SectionPages |
Yes |
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Seq |
Yes |
Converted to plain text. Note this can affect the behaviour of some TOCs. |
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These fields are all exported as plain text.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
UserAddress |
Yes |
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UserInitials |
Yes |
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UserName |
Yes |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Text |
Yes |
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Hyperlinked Shape or Image |
Yes |
In ODT format a hyperlink can only be applied to an image and not a shape. |
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Hyperlink across Multiple Paragraphs |
Yes |
Exported as fomatted text as ODT does not allow hyperlinks consisting of mulitple paragraphs. |
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Hyperlink to a Local Bookmark |
Yes |
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Hyperlink to an External Resource |
Yes |
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Screen Tip |
N/A |
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Target Frame |
Yes |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Date and Time Formatting |
Yes |
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Numbering Formatting |
Yes |
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General Formatting |
Yes |
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All images are exported as the same format that they were originally loaded as.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
PNG |
Yes |
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JPG |
Yes |
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WMF |
Yes |
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EMF |
Yes |
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EMF+ |
Yes |
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BMP |
Yes |
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GIF |
Yes |
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TIFF |
Yes |
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Borders |
Yes |
Borders might appear differently when saved to ODT. |
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Cropping |
Yes |
Rectangular cropping is supported only. |
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Alternative text |
Planned |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Brightness |
Yes |
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Contrast |
Yes |
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Recolor |
Planned |
Image is currently exported without any recoloring applied. |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Text Direction |
Planned |
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Linked Textboxes |
Planned |
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Internal Margins |
Planned |
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Vertical Alignment |
N/A |
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Resize To Fit Text |
Planned |
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Text in Other Shapes |
Yes |
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OLE Objects represent embedded content in a Microsoft Word document, such as an embedded Excel or Powerpoint document. The OLE object is dynamic and can be edited or updated through Microsoft Word.
OLE objects are fully preserved when converting within different Word document formats.
OLE objects are saved as images.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Linked |
N/A |
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Embedded |
N/A |
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Draw Aspect |
N/A |
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Auto Update |
N/A |
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Lock |
N/A |
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Ole Object Data |
N/A |
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Ole Object Picture |
Yes |
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Source Range |
N/A |
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Output as an image.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Persistent Properties Storage |
N/A |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Lines |
Yes |
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Basic Shapes |
Yes |
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Block Arrows |
Yes |
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Flowcharts |
Yes |
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Callouts |
Yes |
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Stars and Banners |
Yes |
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Group Shape |
Yes |
All grouped shapes are exported as one image. |
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Drawing Canvas |
Yes |
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Signature Line |
N/A |
ODT does not have any signature line feature. A signature line is exported as a regular image. |
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Ink Annotation |
Yes |
Ink Annotations are exported to all formats as regular images. |
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Clip Art |
Yes |
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Diagrams (VML) |
Yes |
VML graphic format is normally used in pre-OOXML formats such as DOC or RTF. |
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SmartArt (VML) |
Yes |
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Charts (VML) |
Yes |
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Shape Customizations |
Yes |
Exported as image. |
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Hyperlink on Shape |
N/A |
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Watermark |
N/A |
Watermark image is exported as is into the document body as OpenOffice has no support for background watermarks. It is suggested to make sure that the wrapping on the watermark is set to "Behind Text" to aovid the image appearing in front of text. Also note that the image will not have the same transparency level as what is applied in Microsoft Word. |
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DrawingML is only preserved in round-trip back to DOCX format.
There are plans to export DrawingML as regular shape/image to other formats. At the moment DrawingML objects are lost when converting to other formats.
Support for DrawingML is improving with every new release.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Images/Shapes |
Yes |
Simple DrawingML images are converted to regular images upon export to non-OOXML formats. |
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Diagrams |
Planned |
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SmartArt |
Planned |
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Charts |
Planned |
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Exported to ODT as a custom shape element.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Styles |
Yes |
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Outline |
Yes |
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Fill |
Yes |
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3D Properties |
Yes |
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Text Spacing |
Planned |
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Vertical Text |
N/A |
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Even Height |
Planned |
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Align and Justify Text |
Planned |
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WordArt Shape |
Yes |
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Exported as an image.
Some formatting might appear differently when saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Width |
Yes |
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Height |
Yes |
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Color |
Yes |
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Alignment |
Planned |
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Hyperlink |
N/A |
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Image |
N/A |
Exported as a regular image. |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Inline |
Yes |
Shape is exported "As Character". Surrounding text for inline objects appears lined up along the top edge (instead of bottom edge) of the shape. This is a feature of OpenOffice, if the output ODT document is opened in Microsoft Word then the text alignment appears correctly. |
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Floating |
Yes |
Some position and alignment options might appear different when saved to ODT. |
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Wrap Type |
Yes |
Text wrapping around images and shapes is supported in all formats. Nearly all wrap types have eqivilant analogs in ODT which look some what similar. · Square, Tight and In Front of Text wrapping are exported as "Parallel". ODT contains no direct analog of Infront of Text which is why this feature is exported as Parallel. · Behind Text and Through wrapping is exported as "In Background". · Top and Bottom wrapping is exported as No Wrap. |
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Wrap Sides |
Yes |
ODT contains direct analogs of these features. · Both sides are exported as "Parellel" wrap where applicable. · Left Only exported as "Before". · Right Only exported as "After". · Largest Only exported as "Optimal". |
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Distance from Text |
Yes |
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Z-Order |
Yes |
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Polygon Wrap Points |
N/A |
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Rotation |
N/A |
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Flip |
Yes |
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Horizontal Alignment |
Yes |
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Horizontal Position Relative To |
Yes |
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Vertical Alignment |
Yes |
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Vertical Position Relative To |
Yes |
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Anchor Lock |
N/A |
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Allow Overlap |
N/A |
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Layout in Table Cell |
N/A |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Width and Height |
Yes |
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Scale |
Yes |
A scaled object is normally exported with scaling applied to the Shape size and the Scale property reset to 100%. Exported as explict size. |
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Relative Size |
Yes |
Exported as explict size. |
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Lock Aspect Ratio |
Planned |
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Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
No Fill |
Yes |
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Solid Fill |
Yes |
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Gradient Fill |
Yes |
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Pattern Fill |
Planned |
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Picture or Texture Fill |
Planned |
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Some line styles might appear different when saved to ODT.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Line Color |
Yes |
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Line Fill |
N/A |
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Line Width |
Yes |
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Compound Type |
N/A |
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Dash Type |
Yes |
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Cap Type |
N/A |
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Join Type |
Yes |
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Arrow Settings |
Yes |
Some arrow types might appear differently when saved to ODT. |
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Shadows are exported well to ODT but in a simplified way to accommodate the ODT format.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
Shadow |
Planned |
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ODT doesn't support 3D features.
In a future version shapes with 3D formatting may be exported as image.
Feature |
Supported |
Comment |
See Also |
3D Properties |
N/A |
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