Microsoft Office

Specifies the settings for importing and exporting Microsoft Office and other documents.

To access this command...

Choose - Load/Save - Microsoft Office.

Embedded Objects

The Embedded Objects section specifies how to import and export Microsoft Office or other OLE objects.

These settings are valid when no Microsoft or other OLE server exists (for example, in UNIX) or when there is no Collabora Office OLE server ready for editing the OLE objects.

If an OLE server is active for the embedded object, then the OLE server will be used to handle the object.

If no OLE server is active for MathType objects, then embedded MathType objects can be converted to Collabora Office Math objects. For this conversion, the embedded MathType objects must not exceed the MathType 3.1 specifications.

[L] and [S] Columns

The [L] and [S] checkbox displays the entries for the pair of OLE objects that can be converted when loading into Collabora Office [L] and/or when saving into a Microsoft format [S].

Mark the box in the [L] column in front of the entry if a Microsoft or other OLE object is to be converted into the specified Collabora Office OLE object when a Microsoft or other document is loaded into Collabora Office.

Mark the box in the [S] column in front of the entry if a Collabora Office OLE object is to be converted into the specified Microsoft OLE object when a document is saved in a Microsoft file format.

Character Highlighting

Microsoft Office has two character attributes similar to Collabora Office character highlighting. Use this control to select the attribute, highlighting or shading, that Collabora Office should use when exporting Collabora Office character highlighting to Microsoft Office file formats.

Highlighting exports the closest match between a Collabora Office highlighting color and one of the 16 Microsoft highlighting colors, using the Office character attribute that makes it easy for Office users to edit with the highlighting tool in Office applications. This is the default setting in Collabora Office 5.0 to 6.4.

Shading exports all RGB colors to the other Office character attribute. This preserves color fidelity between Collabora Office and Microsoft Office documents, but Office users must edit this character attribute with a tool that is not commonly used or easy to find in Office applications. This is the default setting since Collabora Office 7.0.

The "compatibility" filter in the Character Highlighting Color dialog provides the Microsoft Office highlighting colors. Use those colors and choose Export as: Highlighting if you want both color fidelity and ease of editing for Office users.

Lock files

Mark this checkbox to generate a Microsoft Office lock file in addition to Collabora Office own lock file. Lock files signal to applications that a resource or file should not be used until the lock is released.

Collabora Office can read lock files generated by Microsoft Office.