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GEeiE‖About Converting Microsoft Office Documents

Mojph‖LibreOfficeDev can automatically open Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP documents. However, some layout features and formatting attributes in more complex Microsoft Office documents are handled differently in LibreOfficeDev or are unsupported. As a result, converted files require some degree of manual reformatting. The amount of reformatting that can be expected is proportional to the complexity of the structure and formatting of the source document. LibreOfficeDev cannot run Visual Basic Scripts, but can load them for you to analyze.

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3XcuP‖The most recent versions of LibreOfficeDev can load and save the Microsoft Office Open XML document formats with the extensions docx, xlsx, and pptx. The same versions can also run some Excel Visual Basic scripts, if you enable this feature at - Load/Save - VBA Properties.


DnADu‖The following lists provide a general overview of Microsoft Office features that may cause conversion challenges. These will not affect your ability to use or work with the content of the converted document.

x9vAJ‖Microsoft Word

  1. zC3YG‖AutoShapes

  2. DTuho‖Revision marks

  3. aWeG2‖OLE objects

  4. TebXv‖Certain controls and Microsoft Office form fields

  5. K5EuA‖Indexes

  6. LwBeE‖Tables, frames, and multi-column formatting

  7. cHAt6‖Hyperlinks and bookmarks

  8. g8fZs‖Microsoft WordArt graphics

  9. JCVZn‖Animated characters/text

GePYJ‖Microsoft PowerPoint

  1. s4cL5‖AutoShapes

  2. A2zcR‖Tab, line, and paragraph spacing

  3. SqpRx‖Master background graphics

  4. hNyDy‖Grouped objects

  5. o4gTF‖Certain multimedia effects

E6VQE‖Microsoft Excel

  1. eFnHu‖AutoShapes

  2. zDoSL‖OLE objects

  3. ntB8x‖Certain controls and Microsoft Office form fields

  4. 7QuDE‖Pivot tables

  5. yDBrD‖New chart types

  6. ZfuWk‖Conditional formatting

  7. ZaV6e‖Some functions/formulas (see below)

oKcrD‖One example of differences between Calc and Excel is the handling of boolean values. Enter TRUE to cells A1 and A2.

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5hN87‖For a detailed overview about converting documents to and from Microsoft Office format, see the Migration Guide.


rLfhu‖Opening Microsoft Office Documents That Are Protected With a Password

2kiqp‖LibreOfficeDev can open the following Microsoft Office document types that are protected by a password.

mMwLR‖Microsoft Office format

JXFfB‖Supported encryption method

25TAS‖Word 6.0, Word 95

o8jAD‖Weak XOR encryption

nCUGx‖Word 97, Word 2000, Word XP, Word 2003

EwzD9‖Office 97/2000 compatible encryption

NWEwQ‖Word XP, Word 2003

6KNqu‖Weak XOR encryption from older Word versions

mqYMS‖Excel 2.1, Excel 3.0, Excel 4.0, Excel 5.0, Excel 95

KBKHQ‖Weak XOR encryption

r7xBU‖Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel XP, Excel 2003

V8aE6‖Office 97/2000 compatible encryption

kvELM‖Excel XP, Excel 2003

cVcvU‖Weak XOR encryption from older Excel versions


wXGM6‖Microsoft Office files that are encrypted by AES128 can be opened. Other encryption methods are not supported.