problem with table header colors in ms word

Discussion:

Dries Feys

2014-01-06 09:52:49 UTC

Hi,

We just accountered a problem where colored tables in a .doc file
aren't shown correctly in LO, though they are shown correctly in ms
word.
I filed a bug, but it would be nice if some of you could confirm the existence.

https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73319

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Fernand Vanrie

2014-01-06 11:21:51 UTC

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Dries ,

Same behavior here , but the troubles are coming from the way the doc is
build.

Kill the "picture" with the company logo's and the tables are colored.

greetz

Fernand

We just accountered a problem where colored tables in a .doc file aren't
shown correctly in LO, though they are shown correctly in ms word. I
filed a bug, but it would be nice if some of you could confirm the
existence. https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73319
Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES
FEYS CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer TVH GROUP NV
Brabantstraat 15 • BE-8790 WAREGEM T +32 56 43 42 11 • F +32 56 43 44 88
• www.tvh.com Watch our company movies on www.tvh.tv

Tom

2014-01-06 14:43:41 UTC

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Hi :)
I just had a quick go with this. It seems as though having a jpg image as
the "Watermark" was the problem. Even when i did;
Arranged to back
Wrap through & "In background"

The jpg still seemed to remove the colours of the table headings. I used
Gimp (badly) to convert to a Png, gave it an alpha channel and (again badly)
removed the white background colour. When i dragged that into the document
it did allow the colours in the table-headings.

So here is an Odt and a ODF Template and i added a Doc too, although i have
a feeling the Doc wont work.
test-v2.odt <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.odt>
test-v2.ott <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.ott>
test-v2.doc <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.doc>

I think almost no-one will notice the slight speckling in some of the
corners of the vehicles but jic i figured it might be better to have the
'original' of the png if it really does need tidying up. Also the
grey-scale used seemed tooo faint so i duplicated-layer about 4 times to
make it more prominent but then it looked like it was layered above the
headings half-way down the left column so i pushed those columns further
down the page a bit. Anyway, here is the hollowed-out Png ...
test-docs-graphic-v2.png
<Loading Image...

>

My other niggles with the document were that the tables on the left didn't
start at the same height as the tables on the left so i copied the paragraph
marks (end of line characters) from the left side to fix that but now any
writing typed in above the column on the right would be in a huge font-size.

So, hopefully that gives a few ideas for work-arounds until the bug gets
fixed!
Regards from
Tom :)

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Dries Feys

2014-01-06 14:57:49 UTC

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Thanks to all who responded!

We'll look into several solutions, including the options offered here,
but also convert the pricelist to pdf instead of doc. (the file is
generated automatically using an ancient automated method to create
doc-files)

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Post by Tom
Hi :)
I just had a quick go with this. It seems as though having a jpg image as
the "Watermark" was the problem. Even when i did;
Arranged to back
Wrap through & "In background"
The jpg still seemed to remove the colours of the table headings. I used
Gimp (badly) to convert to a Png, gave it an alpha channel and (again badly)
removed the white background colour. When i dragged that into the document
it did allow the colours in the table-headings.
So here is an Odt and a ODF Template and i added a Doc too, although i have
a feeling the Doc wont work.
test-v2.odt <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.odt>
test-v2.ott <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.ott>
test-v2.doc <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-v2.doc>
I think almost no-one will notice the slight speckling in some of the
corners of the vehicles but jic i figured it might be better to have the
'original' of the png if it really does need tidying up. Also the
grey-scale used seemed tooo faint so i duplicated-layer about 4 times to
make it more prominent but then it looked like it was layered above the
headings half-way down the left column so i pushed those columns further
down the page a bit. Anyway, here is the hollowed-out Png ...
test-docs-graphic-v2.png
<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4091019/test-docs-graphic-v2.png>
My other niggles with the document were that the tables on the left didn't
start at the same height as the tables on the left so i copied the paragraph
marks (end of line characters) from the left side to fix that but now any
writing typed in above the column on the right would be in a huge font-size.
So, hopefully that gives a few ideas for work-arounds until the bug gets
fixed!
Regards from
Tom :)
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Tom Davies

2014-01-06 15:20:38 UTC

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Hi :)
If the automated system can cope with a png or a modified template
then it's hopefully fairly easy to fix. Does it get the jpg from some
fairly obvious folder?

Anyway! Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Post by Dries Feys
Thanks to all who responded!
We'll look into several solutions, including the options offered here,
but also convert the pricelist to pdf instead of doc. (the file is
generated automatically using an ancient automated method to create
doc-files)
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TVH GROUP NV
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Tom Davies

2014-01-06 12:27:24 UTC

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Hi :)
I'm mildly curious if the file can then be saved as an odt instead of
doc and afterwards have the companies logo re-embedded. Wondering if
the Odt opens correctly in MS Office! As i say, i am only mildly
curious so don't race to do it!!
Regards from
Tom :)

Post by Fernand Vanrie
Dries ,
Same behavior here , but the troubles are coming from the way the doc is
build.
Kill the "picture" with the company logo's and the tables are colored.
greetz
Fernand
We just accountered a problem where colored tables in a .doc file aren't
shown correctly in LO, though they are shown correctly in ms word. I filed a
bug, but it would be nice if some of you could confirm the existence.
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73319 Met vriendelijke
groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES FEYS CORPORATE
SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer TVH GROUP NV Brabantstraat 15 •
BE-8790 WAREGEM T +32 56 43 42 11 • F +32 56 43 44 88 • www.tvh.com Watch
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