Issue 73808 - Option "use compatibility only for Word documents" needed
Summary: Option "use compatibility only for Word documents" needed
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: configuration (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2007-01-23 20:33 UTC by ivanii
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:34 UTC (History)
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Description ivanii 2007-01-23 20:33:06 UTC 
I would like to have in compatibility options one new option (below the list of
current options) which would be check box named "use compatibility only for Word
documents".

When it is checked, OOo would activate compatibility mode only in two following
situations:

1. document is opened as Word document
2. new document is created and option to save as Word document by default is set

I think that this would add value to the look of documents for people that are
using odt format, while it would still keep functionality for .doc format.
Comment 1 ivanii 2007-01-23 20:41:24 UTC 
Just to note that logical step is also to brake compatibility list, so that Word
compatibility options stay on the same list separated from the others (which
could be also grouped as OpenOffice.org 1.1. compatibility, that would have the
same check box to use them only with Openoffice.org 1.x documents, and Other
compatibility that wouldn't have check box)
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2007-01-24 09:41:19 UTC 
Reassigned to requirements.